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Texas state trooper who responded to Uvalde shooting fired amid investigations into police response
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The Division of Public Security has fired Sgt. Juan Maldonado, one of many state troopers who responded to the Could college capturing in Uvalde that left 21 lifeless.
Maldonado is the newest legislation enforcement official — and the primary state police officer — to be fired within the wake of the deadliest college capturing in Texas historical past, throughout which greater than 300 officers from businesses throughout the state waited greater than an hour to breach a door and kill the shooter.
Maldonado was the highest-ranking state trooper to initially reply to the Could 24 capturing. Physique-camera footage launched by the Uvalde Police Division exhibits that at the very least one DPS officer — Maldonado — was outdoors of the college inside 4 minutes of the capturing.
After the gunman fired greater than 100 rounds, Uvalde Police Sgt. Eduardo Canales, a commander of the native SWAT staff, stumbled outdoors. With blood on his arms after a bullet fired by the gunman grazed his ear, he encountered Maldonado.
“Dude, we obtained to get in there,” Canales informed Maldonado, who, in line with DPS, drove one in every of his closest buddies, Ruben Ruiz, a Uvalde college district police officer, to the campus that morning. Ruiz’s spouse was a trainer on the college.
“DPS is sending folks,” Maldonado replied.
Eleven minutes later, Ruiz informed officers that his spouse had known as him and stated she had been shot. However officers continued to deal with the scenario as in the event that they had been coping with a barricaded suspect as a substitute of an lively shooter. In line with legislation enforcement doctrine, lively shootings require that the primary motion by officers, irrespective of their rank, must be to right away “cease the killing.”
Maldonado was a 23-year veteran of the state company and a public data officer for the area. He’s the newest legislation enforcement official to lose his job over the botched response to the college capturing.
A spokesperson for DPS stated Maldonado was sacked on the finish of a proper investigation and has the chance to attraction. Neither Maldonado nor his lawyer may very well be reached for remark late Friday.
State troopers outnumbered native legislation enforcement 2 to 1 outdoors Robb Elementary, however within the aftermath of the bloodbath, DPS officers rigorously formed the narrative to solid native authorities as incompetent.
Earlier this yr, DPS Director Steve McCraw informed lawmakers that the time it took for legislation enforcement to rescue academics and college students on the elementary college was an “abject failure.” He stated Pete Arredondo, who was the Uvalde faculties police chief on the time of the capturing, was the incident commander on the scene. That’s one thing Arredondo has disputed. McCraw known as Arredondo the one impediment between armed police and the teenage shooter.
“I’m reluctant to encourage and even consider any scenario the place you’d need some degree of hierarchy the place a bigger police division will get to come back in and take over,” McCraw stated in June.
Weeks later, a Texas Home committee investigation into the capturing and police response discovered that legislation enforcement descended upon the college in a chaotic, uncoordinated scene that lasted for greater than an hour. The group was devoid of clear management, primary communications and enough urgency to take down the gunman, the report stated.
The investigators stated that within the absence of a robust incident commander, one other officer might have stepped as much as the duty.
“These native officers weren’t the one ones anticipated to provide the management wanted throughout this tragedy,” the report stated. “Lots of of responders from quite a few legislation enforcement businesses — lots of whom had been higher skilled and higher geared up than the college district police — rapidly arrived on the scene.”
In September, as scrutiny of state troopers’ function within the botched police response mounted within the months after the capturing, McCraw stated that he wished DPS officers had seized management of the operation. He additionally stated he would resign if his troopers had “any culpability” within the flawed police response to the capturing.
In line with an investigative report obtained by The Texas Tribune, Maldonado informed investigators he was targeted on sustaining the perimeter of an exterior college constructing as different officers waited to confront the gunman.
“My focus was saving children, saving whoever I might save, as a result of it was only a horrible scenario,” he stated. “Now if somebody gave me a command … and so they informed me, ‘Hey it is advisable to go right here,’ I’m going to observe that instruction as a result of that’s what I’m informed to do and I’m going to observe my orders.”
In September, the company introduced that seven officers, together with two command employees, had been referred to the interior affairs division to research their conduct in the course of the capturing.
Earlier this month, college officers suspended the complete district police division after protesters held a dayslong protest outdoors the Uvalde college district administrative constructing throughout which demonstrators known as for the elimination of all of its officers till investigations into the police division’s response to the capturing are full.
That suspension of the small police pressure got here on the heels of college officers firing a lately employed district police officer after it grew to become public that she was one of many first state troopers to reach at Robb Elementary Faculty on Could 24.
In August, the college district fired Arredondo, who was broadly criticized for his response to the capturing.
District Superintendent Hal Harrell introduced his retirement earlier this month
For months, some members of the family of capturing victims known as for Harrell’s resignation, arguing that he and different college officers must be held accountable for failing to organize for a faculty capturing.
Jinitzail Hernández contributed to this story.
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North Texas SC Defeats Real Monarchs 2-1 | North Texas SC
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Herriman, Utah (June 30, 2024) – North Texas SC (8-1-5, 33 points) obtained its fifth road win of the 2024 MLS NEXT Pro season after defeating Real Monarchs (4-9-1, 14 points) 2-1 from Zions Bank Stadium. Second half goals from Enes Sali and Isaiah Parker sealed the comeback win for North Texas.
FIRST WIN IN THE GARBINI ERA
Interim head coach Michel Garbini earned his first win since being appointed interim head coach on June 11. Garbini made his North Texas SC interim head coach debut on June 22 in North Texas’ 3-3 draw versus Austin FC II.
NORTH TEXAS HEAT
With tonight’s 2-1 win over Real Monarchs on the road, North Texas SC is on a six-game unbeaten streak (5-0-1). The team has scored 16 goals and conceded only six in the last six matches since starting the unbeaten run.
THREE IN A ROW
Forward Enes Sali scored his fifth goal of the season in the 63rd minute of the match via a penalty kick. Sali is the first North Texas SC player to score in three consecutive matches this season. Two of the three goals scored were away from home.
PARKER FLYING DOWN THE WING
FC Dallas 2022 SuperDraft Pick Isaiah Parker netted his first goal of the 2024 season. Parker’s last goal for North Texas was on September 3, 2022, against MNUFC2 in a 2-1 win. He became the eighth different goal scorer for North Texas SC this season.
JUNE RECORD
North Texas SC finished the month of June unbeaten with a 3-0-1 record. The three wins came on the road and the draw at home. North Texas holds an all-time record of 11-5-4 when playing in June since 2019.
UP NEXT: KICKING JULY OFF BY HOSTING THE TWOSIES
North Texas SC hosts MNUFC2 on Wednesday, July 3, at Choctaw Stadium. The match kicks off at 7:45PM CT and will be available to watch on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
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Reports: Texas A&M baseball hiring Washington head coach Jason Kelly as next pitching coach
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BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Texas A&M baseball is set to hire Washington head coach Jason Kelly as its next pitching coach, as first reported by The Eagle.
Kelly’s hire comes hours after former pitching coach Michael Earley signed to become the Aggies’ head coach.
Other reports are out that A&M is targeting Texas pitching coach Caleb Longley to join the staff.
Kelly spent the past two years as the head coach for the Huskies after seven seasons as the Huskies’ pitching coach.
In Kelly’s first season at the helm of the UW program, Washington had a 17-12 league record was good for third in the standings. The Huskies garnered a 35-20 overall record, earning the 12th NCAA Regional bid in program-history. The 35 wins were the second most by a first-year head coach for the Huskies.
Six players from Kelly’s inaugural UW squad were selected in the 2023 MLB Draft, the second time Washington has had at least five players drafted since 2014. Kiefer Lord, taken 86th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, became the highest-drafted Husky since 2015. Case Matter (Texas Rangers), Stu Flesland III (Colorado Rockies), Johnny Tincher (Cleveland Guardians), Will Simpson (Oakland Athletics) and Coby Morales (New York Yankees) also heard their names called.
In 2024, Washington had a 19-31-1 record and missed the postseason.
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Peyton Manning Reveals His Relationship with Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning
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Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning is set to begin the 2024 college football season as the backup to Quinn Ewers. More than likely, fans will have to wait until next season to see him in action.
Despite being a backup quarterback, Manning is one of the most popular names across the nation.
A lot of his popularity comes from him being the nephew of former NFL superstars Peyton and Eli Manning. However, he has also shown massive potential for the future.
Many fans are curious about just how much the young Manning works with his uncles. Peyton Manning, especially, is viewed as one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play football.
In a recent quote during the Manning Pass Academy, Peyton opened up about his relationship with Arch.
“I’m well-documented on how proud we are of Arch. I try to be a resource to him. He and I worked out several weeks ago together.”
Clearly, Peyton has been a key mentor for the young quarterback. While he has been a mentor and a resource, he doesn’t seem to be taking a very active role in Arch’s development.
At this point in time, no one knows exactly what to expect from Manning’s future. Until he’s on the field and playing, no one knows if he will live up to the hype.
Even though he hasn’t played much as a college football player, he has found plenty of success.
His success has come off-the-field, in the form of the NIL market.
Right now, Manning ranks No. 3 among all NIL athletes. The only two athletes ahead of him are Shedeur Sanders and Livvy Dunne.
Currently, the young quarterback has received an NIL valuation of $2.8 million. That is an insane number for a player who has only thrown five passes as a college quarterback.
All of that being said, Manning is staying ready for an opportunity to play. He knows it likely won’t be this season, but he’s one injury or a slow start from Quinn Ewers away from possibly seeing playing time.
Expect to see the young quarterback continue racking up impressive NIL money. He has stayed the course and has handled his situation perfectly. A bright future awaits him with the Longhorns when his number is finally called.
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