The Uvalde school district police Chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was not informed of panicked 911 calls from people at the May 24 Robb Elementary shooting scene that killed 19 students and two adults, a Texas senator said on Thursday.
In a June 2 press conference, Sen. Roland Gutierrez revealed that emergency calls from students and staff inside Robb Elementary School during the active shooter situation did not make their way to Chief Arredondo but instead went straight to the city police. The 911 calls confirmed that students were still inside the school with the shooter, Ramos Salvador.
“Uvalde PD was the one receiving the 911 calls for 45 minutes while officers were sitting in a hallway, while 19 officers were sitting in a hallway for 45 minutes,” Gutierrez said. “We don’t know if it was being communicated to those people or not.”…