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One of the Texas state troopers who responded to the Uvalde school massacre in May has been fired, authorities said.
Sgt. Juan Maldonado was served with termination papers Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement to USA TODAY. The department did not provide any additional details on the grounds for firing or the termination process.
Maldonado is now the first member of the department to be fired amid the fallout over police inaction during the May 24 shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
Families of victims and community members have decried law enforcement response to the shooting after it was revealed that police officers, armed with rifles and body armor, waited more than an hour before storming the classroom and killing the gunman.
