The Uvarde School District police chief resigned from his position in the Uvarde City Council a few weeks after the mass shooting of Rob Elementary School. .. .. Pete Aledondo said he did not consider him responsible for the official response to the May 24th shooting, butand there on that day. Officials at the site said it wasn't.
In a letter of resignation dated July 1, Aledondo said, "After a need for consideration, it is a community to resign as a member of the City Council in District 3 to minimize further distractions. It will be in the best interest of. "
He told the community that saw one of the worst mass shootings in US history last month, "Keep supporting your family, support our community, and above all, keep it strong. In our faith. "
Uvalde Leader-News first reported his resignation. did.
The Uvalde City Council said in a statement early Saturday that it had not yet received a letter or other document regarding his resignation. The city council added that the resignation was "the right thing to do."
Arredondo so thatis absent from several council meetings in the weeks following the shooting at school, andofficials are slow to respond to the incident. I faced intense criticism of what I could see.
Texas Public Safety Director Steve McLaugh said he made a "wrong decision" three days after the shooting when Aledondo chose not to attack the classroom for more than 70 minutes. .. The fourth grader, trapped in two classrooms, desperately turned to 911 for help, and the distressed parents outside the school asked an officer to go inside.
Arredondo later stated that he did not consider himself responsible, but assumed that someone else was in control of the law enforcement agency's response.
After the shooting, the Uvarde City Council unanimously opposed Aledondo to take a break from attending the public meeting. Relatives of the victims of the shooting begged city leaders to dismiss him instead.
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