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‘A horrible situation’

‘A horrible situation’

The Department of Public Safety has fired Sgt. Juan Maldonado, one of the state troopers who responded to the May school shooting in Uvalde that left 21 dead.Maldonado is the latest law enforcement official — and the first state police officer — to be fired in the wake of the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, during which more than 300 officers from agencies across the state waited more than an hour to breach a door and kill the shooter.Maldonado was the highest- ranking state trooper to initially respond to the May 24 shooting. Body-camera footage released by the Uvalde ...

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