Uvalde’s police chief, who was in office at the time of the massacre, resigned on Thursday, according to CNN and other media, citing the city’s mayor. The school district police chief was fired in August.
An 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19 children and two teachers at a primary school in late May. The attacker shot his victims in two connected classrooms with an assault rifle. In addition to the crime itself, dramatic omissions in the police operation also caused bewilderment: It wasn’t until more than 75 minutes after the gunman opened fire that emergency services entered the classroom and killed him.
Relatives accused the police that they could have saved lives if they hadn’t waited so long. Recently released audio recordings suggest that the police chief in Uvalde was informed half an hour before police entered the classroom that there were children in the classroom where the gunman lived. The city council is expected to decide on his resignation in a special session on Saturday.
(SDA)