Ex-police chief appears in court for first time after Uvalde massacre indictment

FILE IMAGE – A memorial for the Robb Elementary School victims in 2022, taken in the days after the massacre (Eric Gay/AP)

A former school police chief in the US made his first court appearance on Monday, accused of failing to take sufficient action during a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022.

Pete Arredondo pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of child endangerment and abandonment more than two years after the Robb Elementary School massacre that left 19 children and two teachers dead.