Uvalde superintendent recommends firing school district police chief Pete Arredondo

Facing massive public pressure, Uvalde's top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who was central to the botched law enforcement response when a gunman killed two teachers and 19 students at an elementary school nearly two months ago.

At a special meeting Saturday morning, the South Texas city's school board will hear from the school district's attorney about Superintendent Hal Harrell's recommendation to fire Chief Pete Arredondo, according to a statement. Arredondo has been accused by state officials of making several critical mistakes during the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

School officials have previously resisted calls to fire Arredondo. The announcement comes days after a meeting where school board members were lambasted for more than three hours by members of the public, who accused them of not implementing basic security at Robb, of not being transparent about what happened and of failing to hold Arredondo to account for his actions.