Uvalde’s former school police chief has been booked and released from jail following his indictment on charges of child endangerment following a grand jury investigation into the police response during Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022, a sheriff said Thursday.
Uvalde County Sheriff Ruben Nolasco said in a text message to The Associated Press that Arredondo was booked on 10 counts of child endangerment and released.
The Uvalde Leader-News and the San Antonio Express-News reported that another former school officer, Adrian Gonzales, was also indicted by a grand jury on multiple counts of felony child endangerment and abandonment.
The indictments would make Arredondo, who was the on-site commander during the attack, and Gonzales the first officers to face criminal charges in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed during the attack in a fourth-grade classroom.
Police waited more than 70 minutes after the shooting began before entering the classroom to confront the gunman.