For now outside his home On Wednesday, Arredondo told CNN’s Aaron Cooper, “I in contact with DPS every day.
“We will respect family”, he said. “We’re going to do it after all. Whenever it’s done and the families stop grieving, we’ll obviously do it.”
it first time Arredondo commented after two brief press statements on day of in attack, in who he said was the shooter dead but provided little information on shooting, citing an ongoing investigation. He took there were no questions at that time in a public forum since then.
The identity of the chief of the school police has been established. last a week of DPS as commander who decided not force them way to rooms and instead stand back and wait for reinforcements – even if children inside repeatedly called 911 and begged the police for help.
Customs and border control tactics team eventually entered the rooms using the janitor’s keys and fatally wounded the suspect, the traffic police said.
DPS director Stephen McCraw did not mention Arredondo by name, but said the chief made “wrong decision”do not engage with shooter before. He said that the commander decided treat situation like barricaded suspect, not active shooter.
Arredondo sworn in in to city advice in secret ceremony
Arredondo was elected in Uvalda city advice earlier this month, and special city council meeting to swear him and others in in was set take place Tuesday.
However, Mayor Don McLaughlin said in announcement on Monday that the meeting “will not take place place as planned”, adding: “our attention on Tuesday on our families who lost loved ones.”
Instead, Arredondo was sworn in in privately without notice media. Although there was no official ceremony, McLaughlin said the attendees of the council came to the city hall “at a convenient time” during the day to take the oath in adding that Arredondo appeared in the person taking the oath and sign paperwork.
“Outside of respect for families who buried them children today and who planning to bury them children in in next there was no ceremony for several days,” McLaughlin said. in written statement.
In a statement Monday, the mayor said Arredondo was “properly elected”and what is not” nothing in city charter, the Electoral Code, or the Texas Constitution forbidding him from taking the oath of office. As far as we know, we currently don’t know of any investigation of Mr Arredondo.
In his brief comments on Wednesday, Arredondo said that in was private thing” out of respect for families, saying that families are now in the spotlight.
Omar Jimenez and Andy Rose of CNN contributed to this report.
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