Uvalde school officials on Friday canceled a meeting to decide the future of embattled district Police Chief Pete Arredondo who was facing the possibility of becoming the first officer to be fired over the slow law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School massacre.

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Arredondo’s job was to be considered at an unexpectedly called school board meeting on Saturday. However, the district said in a statement Friday that the meeting was cancelled at the request of Arredondo’s attorney and due to “due process requirements.”

The district stated that the probable firing of the police chief will be reviewed later, but did not say when.

The turnaround comes just two days after Uvalde’s superintendent moved to fire Arredondo amidst rising public pressure and growing impatience in South Texas for accountability following the release of police body camera footage and a damning new report revealing how officers waited in the school hallway for more than 70 minutes instead of battling the gunman inside a fourth-grade classroom.

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Arredondo spent roughly three years as a police captain at Laredo’s United Independent School System before joining the Uvalde school district in early 2020.

He was also the third in command at the Webb County Sheriff’s Office and oversaw the north half of the Laredo school district. He was a detective for a short time.

He served for the Uvalde Police Department in various roles for 16 years.

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.

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The district said Arredondo will remain on unpaid administrative leave. So far, no officer has lost their job as a result of their actions or decisions during their May 24 tragedy.

Nearly 400 officers rushed to the scene of the school during the shooting, according to findings by a Texas House committee.