Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo fired by school board three months after Robb Elementary shooting
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The Uvalde school board fired school district police chief Pete Arredondo on Wednesday, exactly three months after the Robb Elementary School shooting.
People visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday, June 2, to pay their respects to the victims killed the school shooting. (AP/Jae C. Hong) Robb Elementary School is cordoned off by police tape following a shooting. (AP/Jae C. Hong) A banner hangs at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School on Friday, June 3. (AP/Eric Gay) Paul Best is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Paul.best@fox.com and on Twitter: @KincaidBest.
"Chief Arredondo will not participate in his own illegal and unconstitutional public lynching and respectfully requests the Board immediately reinstate him, with all backpay and benefits and close the complaint as unfounded," Arredondo's attorney, George Hyde, wrote in a 17-page letter that was sent out less than an hour before the meeting.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw identified Arredondo as the incident commander and blamed him for the more than 70-minute delay in confronting the gunman.
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