Former Uvalde School Police Chief Arrested on Child Endangerment Charges Following Scrutiny Over Shooting Response
Uvalde, Texas — The former police chief of a school district in Uvalde, who directed the law enforcement response to a devastating elementary school shooting in 2022, has been arrested on a charge of child endangerment. Pete Arredondo, 52, was taken into custody and is facing accusations of abandoning and endangering a child, according to an official at the Uvalde jail. Arredondo was booked into the jail on Thursday afternoon and has since been released …