The head of the Uvalde, Texas, school police force quit his City Council seat amid criticism over his response to a mass shooting at an elementary school, according to a resignation letter the city government released on Saturday.
killed 19 children and two teachersArredondo said in the letter he was stepping down "to minimize further distractions" in Uvalde. His resignation plans were first reported by the Uvalde Leader-News.
Outrage over the massacre helped galvanize support in the US Congress for the first major federal gun reform in nearly three decades, which President Joe Biden, a Democrat, signed into law on June 25. Many parents and relatives of children and staff at Robb Elementary School have expressed anger over delays in police action after the gunman entered the school.