The first criminal charges have been brought in Uvalde, Texas, against law enforcement officers involved in the failed response to the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022. Pete Arredondo, who served as the school district police chief of Uvalde, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday and arrested on 10 felony counts of child endangerment. Arredondo, who posted bail the same day, did not immediately respond to NBC News’ requests for comment.
Shortly after the shooting, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety largely blamed the delayed response on Arredondo and called the police response an “abject failure.” The New York Times found that highly trained law enforcement officers from other agencies also failed to act decisively and with urgency. Arredondo resigned from the Uvalde City Council in July 2022, and he was fired as the school district police chief a month later.