{"id":2285817,"date":"2024-06-29T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-uvalde-police-chief-indicted-over-school-shooting-response\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T12:44:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T16:44:42","slug":"former-uvalde-police-chief-indicted-over-school-shooting-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-uvalde-police-chief-indicted-over-school-shooting-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Uvalde Police Chief Indicted Over School Shooting Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-uvalde-police-chief-indicted-over-school-shooting-response%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2285817&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The former chief of the Uvalde \u2062School District police and another\u2064 officer\u200d have been indicted due\u2063 to their actions during the 2022 Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas, where two teachers and 19 children were tragically \u2064killed. The delay between\u2064 the\u200c initial police action\u2062 and the final intervention that \u2062stopped the gunman lasted 77 minutes. Adrian Gonzales, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won&#039;t Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officer<\/a>, faces \u200b29 counts of child abandonment and endangerment, while former police chief Pete Arredondo has been charged with 10 counts\u200d of child endangerment. \u200bBoth men have posted bond and have been\u200b released. The indictments suggest\u200b significant failures in their response, with Gonzales accused of not properly engaging the\u2064 shooter before he entered the school, and Arredondo allegedly failing to adequately\u2062 manage the\u200d scene as the incident commander. These charges are seen as the initial steps \u200din <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-criticizes-trump-for-not-fulfilling-promise-to-hold-hillary-clinton-accountable-2\/\" title=\"DeSantis slams Trump for failing to hold Clinton accountable.\">holding law \u200cenforcement accountable<\/a>, with expectations of more indictments, as expressed by community members and activists. \u200bThis case highlights the broader scrutiny and demands for accountability in police responses to critical incidents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>  &nbsp;By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>  &nbsp;June 29, 2024 at 8:49am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The former chief of the Uvalde School District police and one other officer have been indicted in connection with the 2022 attack in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Two teachers and 19 children were killed in the attack, in which 77 minutes passed between the initial police response and the armed response that killed the gunman.<\/p>\n<p>Former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales was charged with 29 counts of abandoning and endangering a child on Friday. Former Uvalde police chief Pete Arredondo was charged with 10 counts of child endangerment on Thursday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/crime\/former-uvalde-cisd-police-chief-indicted-for-robb-elementary-shooting-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KXAN-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each man posted a $10,000 bond before being released.<\/p>\n<p>The grand jury that issued the indictments was convened in January by Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell Busbee. The indictments are the first charges against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-washington-d-c-mayor-muriel-bowser-was-warned-but-refused-any-additional-help-before-january-6th-vote-on-stolen-election\/\" title=\"UPDATE: Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Was Warned but Refused Any Additional Help Before January 6th Vote on Stolen Election\">law enforcement personnel<\/a> in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations claim Gonzales could have stopped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-finds-nearly-400-officers-elementary-uvalde-police-waited-engage-lone-gunman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the gunman<\/a> before he entered the school. The charges against Arredondo say his response to the shooting cost lives.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After hearing gunshots and after being advised of the general location of the shooter and having time to respond to the shooter, the said Adrian Gonzales failed to engage. distract or delay the shooter and failed to attempt to engage, distract, and delay the shooter and failed to otherwise act in a way to impede the shooter until after the shooter entered rooms 111 and 112 of Robb Elementary School and shot at a child or children in Rooms 111 and 112,&rdquo; the indictment states.<\/p>\n<p>Arredondo is charged with failing to act to protect survivors of the attack, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/local\/2024\/06\/27\/uvalde-grand-jury-mass-shooting-issues-indictments-officers-botched-police-response\/74205275007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin American-Statesmen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reports that Arredondo &ldquo;failed to respond as trained to an active shooter incident &hellip; thereby delaying the response by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officers<\/a> to an active shooter who was hunting and shooting a child or children in Room 112 at Robb Elementary School,&rdquo; the indictment said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should more authorities be charged over this shooting?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Through his attorney, Arredondo has said in the past that he was unaware he was the designated incident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/damning-77-page-uvalde-report-results-school-admin-suspension-shocking-details-outline-mass-safety-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commander<\/a> that day.<\/p>\n<p>Nico LaHood, the attorney defending Gonzales, issued a statement on the indictment, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/former-uvalde-school-district-police-chief-charged-child-endangerment-rcna134848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. Gonzales&rsquo; position is he did not violate school district policy or state law,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued: &ldquo;The application of this statute, to law enforcement, under these circumstances is unprecedented in the state of Texas. It will take time to evaluate these allegations and the underlying facts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Rizo, whose niece, Jacklyn Cazares, was killed in the attack, said he wants the Gonzales and Arredando &nbsp;prosecuted, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2024\/06\/27\/texas-uvalde-school-shooting-police-chief-arredondo-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m really hoping this is just the beginning of indictments that may be coming down,&rdquo; Rizo said. &ldquo;There are a lot of officers that need to be held accountable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Activist Lalo Castillo said others who failed to immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/entire-police-force-uvalde-school-district-gets-bad-news-months-failed-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storm the classroom<\/a> where children were held should face charges.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Especially the state troopers because they were the first ones there,&rdquo; Castillo said, citing Texas Department of Public Safety officers.<\/p>\n<p>In January, the Justice Department ruled that leadership failures caused delays in the response, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/news\/article\/arredondo-indict-uvalde-robb-elementary-massacre-19543514.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Antonio Express-News.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t even know if an election will be held in 2024.&rdquo; Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. 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We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we&rsquo;ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&amp;utm_source=site&amp;utm_medium=westernjournalism&amp;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help?&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don&rsquo;t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&amp;utm_source=site&amp;utm_medium=westernjournalism&amp;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&amp;utm_source=site&amp;utm_medium=westernjournalism&amp;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &amp; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Uvalde School District police chief and another officer have been indicted over the 2022 Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed. 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