Ex-Uvalde school police chief indicted, but lawyers question likelihood of conviction

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Former Uvalde schools' chief Pete Arredondo and officer Adrian Gonzales are the first to criminally charged in connection to the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers.

Former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police chief Pete Arredondo and school officer Adrian Gonzales have been charged two years after the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary.Arredondo and Gonzales were each indicted on 10 counts of endangering a child and known criminal negligence.The indictment alleges that Arredondo "knowingly" and "recklessly" put the students' lives in danger on the day 19 students and two teachers were killed.

"There may be some question as to whether or not you can indict a police officer for discretionary discharge of their duties. So I would imagine that there be substantial questions regarding that," said Wilson.Wilson pointed to the 2023 acquittal of Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson who was charged after the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.

 

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