but because it's not, you don't care. >> i have messages for pete arradondo and other officers, turn wear one. >> arradondo, he may not be going quietly, however. his lawyer released a 17-page statement just minutes before the meeting, explaining why arradondo chose not to attend, calling the vote a, quote, public lynching. i want to bring in roland gutierrez, who was there tonight. he represents uvalde. you and i have been talking, senator, for some time. and this has been a tragedy that continues to unfold. you have been a part of this from the inception. can you tell us what it was like at tonight's meeting? what was the atmosphere in that room? we are watching it. i can't imagine what that must have been like. >> reporter: laura, you've got a lot of broken families out here. i mean, they have been waiting for some accountability, any accountability, for now going on three months. and this is certainly a step in the right direction, but we have a long road to go on this issue. arradondo was simply one small aspect of what needed to happen here. what occurred on may 24th should nev

and so there are pete arradondo and his lawyers going inside the minds of the grieving families and claimingt those families are angry at pete arredondo and are expressing their anger at pete arredondo just to ease their own pain, not because of anything pete arradondo did or didn't do. brett krause, who lost his nephew in the mass murder, asked the school board, to not do their business this time in a closed session. >> do not take this as a closed session. we deserve to hear -- our babies are dead, our teachers are dead, our parents are dead. the least y'all can do is show us the respect to do this in the public. >> after that, the school board went into closed session. when they came out of that closed session, this happened. >> mr. board president, i move that good cause exist to terminate the contract of pete arredondo further immediately. i further move -- that good cause exists to ratify the unpaid leave status of mr. arredondo starting july 19th, 2022. finally, i moved to authorize a superintendent, to issue notice to mr. arredondo, at this board action, including filing any needed r

in texas, the uvalde school district has fired police chief pete arradondo after his handling of the massacre at robb elementary school, 19 children and 2 teachers were killed. the school board's unanimous vote wednesday came 3 months to the day after the tragedy. the district has been under mounting pressure to punish officers for allowing the gunman to remain inside a classroom with children for more than an hour. all right. john doe is the first officer to lose his job following the shooting. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, san francisco's district attorney brooke jenkins announcing a new cash bail and pretrial detention policy. >> hear how it differentiates from her predecessor chase a beauty. it's time for the biggest sale of the year, on the sleep number 360 smart bed. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because proven quality sleep is vital to our health and wellness, only the sleep number 360 smart bed keeps you cool, then senses and effortlessly adjusts for your best sleep. and tells you exactly how well you slept. your sleepiq score. our smart sleepe

and now we go to texas where the uvalde school board voted to fire pete arradondo as its chief of policeht. this is coming 3 months after a gunman killed 19 students and 2 teachers at robb elementary school arradondo has faced intense public scrutiny for his handling of the may 24th shooting. he had tried to defend his actions saying that he did not think that he was in charge and hit that he was not the incident commander. it took 77 minutes for officers to breach the classroom door and killed the shooter. arradondo did not attend last night's meeting out of concerns over his safety. that's according to his attorney and the attorney said in a statement he called the proceedings, quote, and unconstitutionally a public lynching. robb elementary school is permanently closed and is now set to be demolished. next at 3.30, a bay area business owners there saying they're frustrated. they say that homelessness is costing them and that city leaders are not doing enough about the issue. >> it's very disorganized. and people are going to die. and more republican led states will ban abortions this

. >> pete arradondo fired by unanimous vote effective immediately.e we down his firing for not telling officers to act sooner letting dine students and teachers wait for rescue. >> you know, curse. what about this was one your children. that's what we're on the right now. >> our babies are our teachers, our debt, our parents are dead. >> hundreds of officers waited more than an hour to confront the gunman in the 4th grade classroom. texas public safety officials say arradondo acted as the incident commander. something arradondo denies. >> accountability doesn't just stop with the low will go up. we have to look at why these more law enforcement entities didn't going why they assumed that this guy was the guy in charge. he never said it to any war. something arradondo denies. >> arradondo did not attend wednesday's meeting citing death threats and a lack of protection. but his attorney releasing a 17 page statement defending. are we down those actions in it? he says arradondo and other officers did not know who else was in the classroom besides the sh

arradondo has been fired. >> all in students and families quickly running high. >> i have messages for pete arredondo and othern in your badge and step down you don't deserve to wear one. >> our babies are dead, our teachers are dead, our parents are dead. >> determination comes three months after a game claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers at robb elementary. the uncle and guardian said victims like uziah deserve justice. >> he's never go to graduate from high school and his first date and first car. he will forever be 10 years old. >> reporter: pete arredondo in a lengthy 17-page statement sent to the school board his lawyer accusing the board of an unconstitutional public lynching. writing, the board has not followed proper procedure and refuses to provide a written complaint against arredondo saying they fails to meet the standard of conduct for law enforcement officers and similarly situated in texas. officials say it took authorities 77 minutes engage the shooter. the texas legislature releasing a fact-finding report last month. faulting the police response for egregiously poor decision-maki