Pete Arredondo defended the police response to the massacre in a 17-page letter that also lashed out at state officials
But Arredondo’s attorney argued that a more aggressive law enforcement approach to the shooter inside the classroom could have resulted in a “gunfight with officers” and a hail of bullets that might have left “20 or 30 children across the hall” dead, including some potentially killed by police bullets.
Uvalde school officials have been under mounting pressure from victims’ families and members of the community, many of whom have called for Arredondo’s termination. Superintendent Hal Harrell had first moved to fire Arredondo in July but postponed the decision at the request of the police chief’s attorney.
As is typical after school shootings in the United States, officials have moved to further fortify school buildings against attack, rather than pass sweeping gun control laws.
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