The Uvalde, Texas school police chief who has been taking heat following the Robb Elementary mass shooting is now giving his account of what happened that day.
"Not a single responding officer ever hesitated, even for a moment, to put themselves at risk to save the children," Arredondo told the website."We responded to the information that we had and had to adjust to whatever we faced. Our objective was to save as many lives as we could, and the extraction of the students from the classrooms by all that were involved saved over 500 of our Uvalde students and teachers before we gained access to the shooter and eliminated the threat.
"I didn’t issue any orders," Arredondo said, noting that he"called for assistance and asked for an extraction tool to open the door" to the classroom that Ramos was inside. who ultimately killed Ramos were told through their earpieces at one point to not enter that classroom – but Arredondo’s lawyer told the Texas Tribune that his client didn’t say that, and if it was said, he isn’t sure who did.
"Each time I tried a key I was just praying," he told the Texas Tribune, which reported that it took 77 minutes after the shooting began for officers to enter the classroom.
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