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Uvalde schools look to fire Chief Arredondo after shooting

Headline from KVOA Tucson, on the newest of 2 developments

Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who has been blamed for the botched law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting nearly

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  1. Uvalde school police chief's firing may be decided at Saturday school board meeting

    Headline from 12News Now Beaumont ·

  2. Newest

    Uvalde schools look to fire Chief Arredondo after shooting

    Headline from KVOA Tucson ·

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69 articles, oldest first.

  1. KVIA El Paso

    Uvalde parents call for school police chief to be fired and seek assurances on future safety during school board meeting (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Raja Razek and Steve Almasy, CNN Angry residents of the emotionally shattered Texas town of Uvalde confronted the school board Monday night with speakers calling for district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo to be fired and asking what safety measures will be put in place for when schools reop…

  2. Local News 8

    Uvalde superintendent recommends school police chief Pete Arredondo be fired (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Shimon Prokupecz, Eric Levenson, Rosa Flores and Rebekah Riess, CNN The Uvalde, Texas, schools superintendent has recommended the firing of Pete Arredondo, the school police chief who oversaw the response to May’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, according to a Board of Education meeting …

  3. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Uvalde Schools to Consider Firing Police Chief Arredondo in Wake of School Massacre (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who was central to the botched law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting nearly two months ago that killed two teachers and 19 students.

  4. KVOA Tucson

    Uvalde schools look to fire Chief Arredondo after shooting (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    KVOA Tucson's feed description

    Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who has been blamed for the botched law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting nearly

  5. KVUE

    AP: Uvalde school district recommends firing school police chief Pete Arredondo (opens KVUE)

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    KVUE's feed description

    The Uvalde school board is set to hold a special meeting Saturday to consider the superintendent’s recommendation to fire police Chief Pete Arrendondo.

  6. Forbes

    Uvalde Superintendent Recommends Police Chief Pete Arrendondo Be Fired (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The Uvalde Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Saturday to determine whether or not the school district police chief should be fired.

  7. News West 9

    Uvalde school district recommends firing school police chief Pete Arredondo, report says (opens News West 9)

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    News West 9's feed description

    The Uvalde school board is set to hold a special meeting Saturday to consider the superintendent’s recommendation to fire police Chief Pete Arredondo.

  8. Forbes

    Uvalde Superintendent Recommends Police Chief Pete Arredondo Be Fired (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The Uvalde Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Saturday to determine whether or not the school district police chief should be fired.

  9. KVIA El Paso

    Uvalde superintendent recommends firing schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Uvalde superintendent recommends firing schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo amid growing outrage over shooting response. This is a developing news story. Download the KVIA news app to get alerts the moment news breaks.

  10. 12News Now Beaumont

    Uvalde school police chief's firing may be decided at Saturday school board meeting (opens 12News Now Beaumont)

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    12News Now Beaumont's feed description

    The city’s school board will consider the superintendent's recommendation to fire UCISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo at a special meeting Saturday.

  11. Los Angeles Times

    Uvalde schools look to fire police chief after shooting (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Uvalde’s top school official recommends firing the school district police chief, who was central to the failed law enforcement response to the mass shooting.

  12. Breitbart News

    Uvalde School District Moves to Fire Police Chief After Mass Shooting (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Uvalde School District officials published an agenda for a special school board meeting to consider firing the district's police chief.

  13. KVIA El Paso

    Uvalde superintendent recommends firing schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo amid growing outrage over shooting response (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Uvalde superintendent recommends firing schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo amid growing outrage over shooting response.

  14. Newsweek

    Pete Arredondo faces termination as Uvalde parents demand he be fired (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    If Uvalde's school district police chief stays "y'all do not give a damn about our children," one parent told the school board.

  15. Fox7 Austin

    Uvalde schools looking to fire police chief after shooting (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Fox7 Austin's feed description

    The city's school board will consider firing schools police Chief Pete Arredondo at a special meeting Saturday to consider the superintendent's recommendation.

  16. Fox News

    Uvalde school board will mull firing of Police Chief Pete Arredondo at special meeting in shooting's wake (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The Uvalde board of education will discuss the fate of the school district’s police chief, Pete Arredondo, following a widely criticized school shooting response.

  17. NBC News

    Uvalde district might fire schools police chief Pete Arrendondo after shooting (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The school board has scheduled a special meeting to discuss “termination for good cause of the non-certified contract of Pete Arredondo,” according to an agenda.

  18. CBS News

    Uvalde superintendent recommends firing school district police chief Pete Arredondo (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Officials said Pete Arredondo was central to the botched law enforcement response when a gunman killed two teachers and 19 students at Robb Elementary School.

  19. Portland Press Herald

    Uvalde superintendent recommends firing school police chief (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The board will discuss the issue with Pete Arredondo's lawyer at a special meeting Saturday.

  20. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    School police chief’s firing makes agenda (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Facing intense public pressure, Uvalde's top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who has been blamed for the botched law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting nearly two months ago that killed two teachers and 19 students.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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