Uvalde, Texas — New questions are rising about Uvalde colleges Police Chief Peter Arredondo every week after a gunman massacred 19 fourth graders and two academics at Robb Elementary.
In an announcement to CBS Information Tuesday, the Texas Division of Public Security (DPS) stated, "The Uvalde Police Division and Uvalde [school district] Police have been cooperating with investigators. The chief of the Uvalde [school district] Police offered an preliminary interview however has not responded to a request for a follow-up interview with the Texas Rangers that was made two days in the past."
It was Arredondo who ordered officers to stay outdoors the classroom the place the gunman was holed up in the course of the siege.
Questions are being requested about why Arredondo was ready to make that call and why he selected what he did, CBS Dallas stories.
Brokers from U.S. Customs and Border Safety finally breached the classroom space and fatally shot the suspect greater than an hour after the shooter entered the constructing.
Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw stated that in the course of the time regulation enforcement was ready to breach the classroom, youngsters pleaded on the cellphone with 911 operators to ship in police.
Arredondo was elected to the Uvalde Metropolis Council on Might 7 and was sworn in Tuesday. "Out of respect for the households who buried their youngsters right now, and who're planning to bury their youngsters within the subsequent few days, no ceremony was held," Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin stated in an announcement.
Following stories that Arredondo would not be sworn in, McLaughlin stated in an announcement on Monday that "there's nothing within the Metropolis Constitution, Election Code, or Texas Structure that prohibits him from taking the oath of workplace. To our information, we're at the moment not conscious of any investigation of Mr. Arredondo."
It wasn't clear whether or not the regulation permits Arredondo to carry each posts and whether or not he would.
In the meantime Uvalde has begun to bury its lifeless.
The primary two youngsters who misplaced their lives had been laid to relaxation Tuesday. Amerie Jo Garza and Maite Rodriguez, each 10, had been fourth grade classmates.
A funeral might be held Wednesday for one of many two academics slain within the assault. Irma Garcia might be buried alongside along with her husband, Joe, who died of a coronary heart assault two days after the capturing. Members of the family say he succumbed to a damaged coronary heart.
The funeral for 10-year-old Jose Flores may even be held Wednesday.