The former school district police chief in Uvalde, Texas, who oversaw the response to a 2022 elementary school shooting that left 21 people dead, including 19 children, is in custody on a child endangerment charge, the Uvalde jail said Thursday.

Pete Arredondo, 52, was brought in by law enforcement officers and is accused of abandoning and endangering a child, the jail said.

The charge was first reported by the San Antonio Express-News.

The Uvalde jail confirmed Arredondo was being booked…