UVALDE, TEXAS: "A city police lieutenant who led the department the day it was part of the fiercely criticized response to the worst school shooting in Texas history has been placed on administrative leave, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin announced Sunday. Lt. Mariano Pargas’ suspension was the first sign of official fallout after the release of a damning state report released hours earlier found, among other things, the police response disregarded its own active-shooter training.The police chief of the school district’s police department is also on leave and has been largely blamed for the delay in confronting the shooter.
On Sunday, a Texas House committee released the most exhaustive account yet of the shooting and law enforcement’s delay in confronting the gunman. The report said 376 law enforcement officers were at the school, but were devoid of clear leadership, basic communications and sufficient urgency to take down the gunman. The House report was the first so far to criticize the inaction of state and federal law enforcement, while other reports and public accounts placed the blame squarely on Uvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondo, for his role as incident commander, and other local police who were among the first to arrive."
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