More than 370 officers were present on the day of the massacre and waited more than an hour to confront the gunman.
An indictment against former Uvalde School District Police Chief Pedro "Pete" Arredondo was unsealed Friday and accused him of failing to identify an active shooting, not following his training and making critical decisions that slowed the law enforcement response to stop a killer who was "hunting" victims.
The indictment against Arredondo, who was the on-site commander at the shooting, accused the chief of delaying the police response despite hearing shots fired and being notified that injured children were in the classrooms and that a teacher had been shot. Arredondo called for a SWAT team, ordered the initial responding officers to evacuate the building instead of confronting the shooter, and attempted to negotiate with the 18-year-old gunman, the indictment said.
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