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Former Uvalde schools police chief loses bid to toss criminal charges related to 2022 shooting
Read full article: Former Uvalde schools police chief loses bid to toss criminal charges related to 2022 shootingA Texas judge has refused to throw out criminal charges accusing the former Uvalde schools police chief of endangering children in the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting.
Former Uvalde schools police chief makes first court appearance since indictment
Read full article: Former Uvalde schools police chief makes first court appearance since indictmentThe former schools police chief in Uvalde, Texas, made his first court appearance on criminal charges that accuse him of failing to take sufficient action during the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022.
Federal review of Uvalde shooting finds Border Patrol missteps but does not recommend discipline
Read full article: Federal review of Uvalde shooting finds Border Patrol missteps but does not recommend disciplineA federal report says U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022, were insufficiently trained and failed to establish command at the scene, but they violated no rules.
The former Uvalde schools police chief asks a judge to throw out the charges against him
Read full article: The former Uvalde schools police chief asks a judge to throw out the charges against himThe former Uvalde, Texas, schools police chief is asking a judge to throw out the criminal indictment against him over the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 school shooting massacre.
Former Uvalde schools police chief says he's being 'scapegoated' over response to mass shooting
Read full article: Former Uvalde schools police chief says he's being 'scapegoated' over response to mass shootingThe former Uvalde schools police chief says he thinks he's been “scapegoated” as the one to blame for the botched law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Uvalde, Texas, school officer pleads not guilty to charges of failing to protect kids during attack
Read full article: Uvalde, Texas, school officer pleads not guilty to charges of failing to protect kids during attackA former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer who was part of the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School has pleaded not guilty during a court appearance.
How charges against 2 Uvalde school police officers are still leaving some families frustrated
Read full article: How charges against 2 Uvalde school police officers are still leaving some families frustratedTwo indictments against former Uvalde, Texas, schools police officers were the first charges brought against law enforcement for the botched response that saw hundreds of officers wait more than an hour to confront an 18-year-old gun who killed 21 at an elementary school.
Indictment accuses former Uvalde schools police chief of delays while shooter was 'hunting' children
Read full article: Indictment accuses former Uvalde schools police chief of delays while shooter was 'hunting' childrenAn indictment alleges the police chief for schools in Uvalde, Texas, failed to identify an active shooting, did not follow his training and made critical decisions that slowed the law enforcement response to stop a gunman who was “hunting” victims.
Former Uvalde police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shooting
Read full article: Former Uvalde police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shootingUvalde’s former school police chief has been booked and released from jail following a grand jury investigation into the police response during the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022.
Uvalde school leaders suspend entire district police force, put 2 officials on leave
Read full article: Uvalde school leaders suspend entire district police force, put 2 officials on leaveAdministrators announced Friday that they have suspended “all activities of the Uvalde CISD Police Department for a period of time” amid criticism of their response to the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School.
Uvalde schools look to fire Chief Arredondo after shooting
Read full article: Uvalde schools look to fire Chief Arredondo after shootingUvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who has been blamed for the botched law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting nearly two months ago that killed two teachers and 19 students.
Uvalde’s new anguish: Video shows police waiting in school
Read full article: Uvalde’s new anguish: Video shows police waiting in schoolSurveillance footage captured the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting enter the building with an AR-15 style rifle and later shows officers in body armor milling in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classrooms where 19 children and two teachers were killed.
New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shooting
Read full article: New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shootingA new report on the Uvalde elementary school massacre in Texas says a police officer had a chance to open fire on the gunman but missed it while waiting for permission to shoot.
Uvalde schools' police chief resigns from City Council
Read full article: Uvalde schools' police chief resigns from City CouncilThe Uvalde school district’s police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Graduating Uvalde High School class remembers slain children
Read full article: Graduating Uvalde High School class remembers slain childrenAlmost 300 high school seniors received their diplomas in Uvalde in the shadow of the massacre of 19 elementary school students and two teachers one month earlier.
Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting
Read full article: Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shootingThe Uvalde school district’s police chief has been put on leave following allegations that he erred in his response to a mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Texas top cop: Uvalde police could've ended rampage early on
Read full article: Texas top cop: Uvalde police could've ended rampage early onThe head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman.
Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known
Read full article: Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than knownDocuments examined by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV show armed police officers stood in a Uvalde elementary school hallway with at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a gunman arriving at the school, where he killed 21 people, 19 of them children.
Uvalde school police chief defends Texas shooting response
Read full article: Uvalde school police chief defends Texas shooting responseThe Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history says in his first extensive published comments that he didn't consider himself the incident commander as the massacre unfolded.
School police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meeting
Read full article: School police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meetingThe school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before ordering law enforcement to confront and kill the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a Uvalde City Council meeting, despite being newly elected to the panel.
Senator: Chief had no radio during Uvalde school shooting
Read full article: Senator: Chief had no radio during Uvalde school shootingA Texas state senator says the state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded.
School police chief didn’t know of 911 calls made during shooting, Texas senator says
Read full article: School police chief didn’t know of 911 calls made during shooting, Texas senator saysA Texas state senator says the commander at the scene of a school shooting in Texas was not informed of panicked 911 calls from inside the school building.
Uvalde school police chief says he’s still cooperating with state investigation
Read full article: Uvalde school police chief says he’s still cooperating with state investigationThe school district police chief who served as on-site commander during last week’s deadly shooting in Uvalde, Texas, says he’s talking daily with investigators, contradicting claims from state law enforcement that he has stopped cooperating.
‘Very angry’: Uvalde locals grapple with school chief’s role
Read full article: ‘Very angry’: Uvalde locals grapple with school chief’s roleThe blame for an excruciating delay in killing the gunman at a Texas elementary school — even as parents outside begged police to rush in and panicked children called 911 from inside — has been placed with the school district’s homegrown police chief.