Crosses adorn a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex., on May 26, 2022. The former police chief of the Uvalde school police force has been indicted in connection with the botched response to the 2022 mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead at Robb Elementary.
Uvalde County Jail officials confirmed that Pete Arredondo was booked at the facility on 10 felony counts of abandoning and endangering a child shortly before 5 p.m. local time on Thursday.The attack was one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Texas leaders initially praised the law enforcement response, but later acknowledged officers had waited 77 minutes to confront the 18-year-old gunman, sparking outrage.