Uvalde schools police chief put on leave as conduct during mass shooting criticized

The Uvalde school district’s police chief was put on leave Wednesday following allegations he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell said that he put Chief Pete Arredondo on administrative leave because the facts of what happened remain unclear.

In a statement, Harrell did not address Arredondo’s actions as on-site commander during the attack but said he didn’t know when details of multiple investigations into the law enforcement response to the slayings would be revealed.

“From the beginning of this horrible event, I