Acting Uvalde police chief during shooting steps down

• It ultimately took law enforcement 77 minutes to break into the classroom and kill the gunman, a time lapse that faced scrutiny and led to distrust among community members who questioned the lack of an immediate response.
• The gunman killed 19 children and two adults in the rampage.

The office of Mayor Don McLaughlin did not immediately respond to an Axios' request for comment.

The big picture: Several officers across a number of law enforcement agencies have been subject to investigation since the May shooting.

• In August, the Uvalde school board voted to fire Pete Arredondo, who served as the "incident commander" overseeing law enforcement's response to the school shooting.
• Pargas, along with the city of Uvalde and the school district, currently faces a lawsuit from the families of three survivors and has largely declined to comment on anything involving the police department.

• He has also faced calls to quit his role as a Uvalde county commissioner, per CNN.

Worth noting: The Uvalde school district in October suspended its entire police force in a bid to focus on conducting a review with the Texas Police Chiefs Association over management and organizational policies.

• The goal is to rebuild the police department and hire a new chief of police.

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