Uvalde school police chief quits city council amid fury over shooting response

State public safety chief blamed Pete Arredondo for delaying officers' confrontation with gunman

The Uvalde, Texas, school district police chief is resigning from his community's city council amid criticism of the law enforcement response to the shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb elementary in May.

Pedro Pete" Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News that he was stepping down from the city council post to which he was sworn in just seven days after the massacre, the outlet reported on Saturday.