Arredondo, who’s the Uvalde faculty district police chief, stated in his resignation letter earlier this month he was stepping down from the town council place to “decrease additional distractions.”

Town council’s transfer got here the identical day the Austin American-Statesman newspaper revealed edited parts of surveillance video from the day of the taking pictures. One edited video exhibits the gunman strolling down the hallway with an extended rifle. The recording additionally exhibits officers approaching the classroom, however then retreating down the hallway and taking cowl when gunfire is heard. Authorities don’t straight confront the gunman till greater than an hour later.

In a listening to earlier than the Texas Senate final month, Texas Division of Public Security director Col. Steven McCraw referred to as the regulation enforcement response to the assault an “abject failure” and positioned the blame on Arredondo.

“Three minutes after the topic entered the West constructing, there was a enough variety of armed officers sporting physique armor to isolate, distract and neutralize the topic,” McCraw stated on the time. “The one factor stopping the hallway of devoted officers from getting into rooms 111 and 112 was the on-scene commander, who determined to position the lives of officers earlier than the lives of youngsters.”

In Tuesday’s metropolis council assembly, there was applause heard from off-camera viewers members after metropolis leaders handed the movement to simply accept Arredondo’s resignation.