The commander facing criticism for a slow police response during last week’s mass shooting at a school in Texas wasn’t carrying a radio when the massacre was taking place, said a state senator.
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez told The Associated Press that a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) official informed him that school Chief Pete Arredondo didn’t have a radio during the attack that left two teachers and 19 children dead.
The revelation is sure to raise more questions about the police response during the May 24 incident. On Thursday, the senator told AP that Arredondo didn’t know there were 911 calls being made by children inside Robb Elementary School while the gunman was inside the building….