Uvalde Police Chief Resigns Following Report That Exonerated His Officers in Response to School Massacre. Daniel Rodriguez was not at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022, when a teenager opened fire and massacred 19 children and two teachers for 77 minutes before being killed.
That day, Rodríguez had assigned Lieutenant Mariano Pargas as interim chief. The school shooting, one of the deadliest in US history, left 19 children, two teachers dead. Nearly 400 police officers showed up at the scene, but waited more than an hour to confront the attacker.