UVALDE, July 23 ― The school board in Uvalde, Texas, said yesterday it has postponed a vote on whether to fire the school district police chief criticised for his handling of the shooting rampage that killed 19 children and two teachers, but the chief has been suspended from duty in the meantime.
But the school district revised its website on Friday saying the session had been cancelled “in conformity with due process requirements” and at the request of Arredondo's attorney, with the meeting still to be held at an unspecified later date. Arredondo, who according to the Texas Department of Public Safety acted as “incident commander” in charge of law enforcement's response to the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, resigned his seat on the Uvalde City Council this month.