Police chief who delayed tactical response to shooting that killed 21 people will join Uvalde City Council

• The police chief whose orders reportedly delayed response to a school shooting will join the Uvalde City Council.

• Peter Arredondo was elected three weeks prior to the shooting that killed 21 people, NBC reported.

• Arredondo has served as Chief of Police of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District since 2020.

Peter Arredondo, the school district police chief whose orders reportedly delayed response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School which killed 21, will join the Uvalde City Council, NBC reported.

Arredondo was elected to the Uvalde City Council three weeks ago, earning nearly 70% of the vote, according to the Uvalde Leader-News.

Though the Uvalde Police Department has since changed its story about what happened during the shooting at least 12 times, a Friday statement by Director of Texas Department of Public Safety Steven McCraw indicated Arredondo's orders delayed police response during the incident.