Former school police chief Pete Arredondo and former principal Mandy Gutierrez are defendants in multiple lawsuits.
Texas Department of Safety Troopers stand by for a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, Aug. 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.last year at a Texas elementary school are being paid by the Uvalde school district's insurance carrier, the district confirmed Friday.
when a gunman stormed Robb Elementary school on May 24, 2022, has also been awarded money from the insurance company for legal fees, Patterson said. Like Arredondo, Gutierrez is the defendant in a series of lawsuits stemming from the rampage. Nineteen students and two of their teachers were killed in the shooting.last August after investigators found that he failed to properly lead police in responding to the active shooter situation as it unfolded at Robb.
"He has not been charged with any crimes that I'm aware of," said Patterson. "There was no reason, from the insurance perspective, not to provide him coverage."
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