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city hall in uvalde on saturday saying he felt it was best for the community in light of the shooting for him to step down from his role on city council. he was just elected to that position a few weeks before the shooting. a few weeks after the shooting, he has been avoiding any public appearances whatsoever in the past month. many people had called on him in town to step down from the city council, but a lot of people we spoke to said we want him to step down from his actual full-time job, the one that s most important here, being the school district police chief, the role in which as you said, state police said he was the main reason police did not immediately go in and engage the shooter during the shooting. what is his current status with the police department now? i do know many in the community feel the city council seat doesn t do anything with regard to the decision that he made that day. i checked with the school district on saturday.
reporter: javier s 9-year-old daughter was one of the children killed at robb elementary. to me, it s never going to be enough because, you know, we can t have our child back you know so, for me, it s never going to be enough reporter: according to state officials, arredondo was the on-scene commander during the may 24th shooting as officers waited in the hall for an hour while a gunman was firing inside the classrooms arredondo maintains he was not the incident commander that day and told the texas tribune he didn t issue any orders arredondo s lawyer did not respond today to nbc news the city of uvalde called the decision to resign the, quote, right thing to do. for now, arredondo is on administrative leave from his role as school district police chief while authorities response that day remains under investigation by state officials. priscilla, what is the latest on the investigation into police response to the shooting that day?
according to the manufacturer, the shock wave jet is equipped with three jet engines and it travels over 350 miles an hour. witnesses say that thick plume of black smoke you see and the fire in the video was part of the show s pyrotechnics. the faa is now helping with the investigation. an update for you on a story we have been following very closely out of uvalde, texas. the school district police chief there, pete arredondo, has resigned from his position on the city council. he s under fire for the quote abject failure to the massacre at robb elementary school. 19 children were killed along with 2 teachers. the texas public safety director blamed arredondo who has been placed on leave from his position as school district police chief. here is a part of what he wrote
the minute this happened they should have fired him. ma am, let me tell you something. i feel your pain. we all do. oh, no, you don t, sir. no, you don t. reporter: the mayor said he too is frustrated with the lack of transparency in the investigation and read this letter from the uvalde district attorney. any release of records to that incident at this time would interfere with said ongoing investigation. which means if we release it and she can take us, each and every one of us to the grand jury and indict each and every one of us for it. i ve had one heated argument with the district attorney. and basically got told i could go fly a kite. she doesn t have a heart. no, she doesn t. reporter: cnn has reached out to the uvalde d.a. about the story but so far hasn t heard back. over and over reporter: visibly absent from the meeting, recently elected city council member pete arredondo, the head of the texas department of public safety has identified arredondo, who