Uvalde police chief Pete Arredondo wasn't carrying his radio during the school shooting, according to Texas State Sen. Ronald Gutierrez
School district police Chief Pete Arredondo was without a radio during the May 24 attack, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez said.
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez said that a Texas Department of Public Safety official told him school district police Chief Pete Arredondo was without a radio during the May 24 attack by a lone gunman that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Seventeen more people were injured. Arredondo has not responded to multiple interview requests from The Associated Press since the attack.Focus has turned to the chief in recent days after Steven McCraw, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said Arredondo believed the active shooting had turned into a hostage situation, and that he made the “wrong decision” to not order officers to breach the classroom more quickly to confront the gunman.
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