Uvalde school officer charged over actions during school shooting set to appear in court

Nadia Lathan and Jim Vertuno, Associated PressA former Uvalde school police officer who was part of the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School is scheduled to appear in court for the first time Thursday.

Some families have spent more than two years pressing for officers to face charges after 19 children and two teachers were killed inside the fourth grade classroom. Javier Montemayor, who is listed by the Uvalde District Clerk as Arredondo's attorney, did not return telephone messages left at his office seeking comment.

Arredondo, 53, was the on-site commander that day. He is charged with 10 state jail felony counts of abandoning or endangering a child. Arredondo failed to identify an active shooting, did not follow his training and made decisions that slowed the police response to stop a gunman who was "hunting" victims, according to the indictment.

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