Uvalde school police chief completed active shooter training just MONTHS before leading botched response to massacre
School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo was the on-scene incident commander
The local 德州 cop who led the botched response to last week’s deadly school shooting in Uvalde had recently completed active shooting training courses, 文件显示.
School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo was the on-scene incident commander at the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School, and apparently ordered cops to wait roughly an hour before engaging the barricaded shooter, who killed 19 孩子和两位老师.
在十二月 2021, just months ago, Arredondo completed an eight-hour school-based law enforcement training on active shooter situations at Southwest Texas Junior College, according to records reported by CBS新闻.
Arredondo completed the same course on August 25, 2020 和 16 hours of a ‘Terrorism Response Tactics – Active Shooter’ course on June 10, 2019, 记录显示.
Despite his training, Arredondo has been accused of failing to follow standard operating procedure for school shootings, which calls for the first cops on the scene to engage the shooter.
代替, it emerged last week that Arredondo ordered 19 cops to wait in a hallway outside the classroom where the shooter was barricaded for about an hour, believing that any potential victims inside were already dead.
Police walk near Robb Elementary School following a shooting on May 24
A man and a boy visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Sunday to pay their respects for the victims killed in a school shooting
最终, a Border Patrol tactical unit stormed the classroom, reportedly defying Arredondo’s orders, and killed the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos.
The 50-year-old Arredondo has spent much of a nearly 30-year career in law enforcement in Uvalde, returning in 2020 to take the head police job at the school district.
现在, blame for an excruciating delay in killing the gunman is increasingly centering on Arredondo.
It’s left residents in the small city of Uvalde struggling to reconcile what they know of the well-liked local lawman after the director of state police said that the commander at the scene – 彼得·阿雷东多 – made the ‘wrong decision’ last week not to breach a classroom at Robb Elementary School sooner, believing the gunman was barricaded inside and children weren´t at risk.
史蒂文·麦克劳, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said at the Friday news conference that after following the gunman into the building, officers waited over an hour to breach the classroom. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the shooting.
阿雷东多, who grew up in Uvalde and graduated from high school here, was set to be sworn in Tuesday to his new spot on the City Council after being elected earlier this month, but Mayor Don McLaughlin said in a statement Monday that the meeting wouldn’t happen. It wasn´t immediately clear whether the swearing-in would happen privately or at a later date.
史蒂文·麦克劳, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said at the Friday news conference that officers waited over an hour to breach the classroom
The 50-year-old Arredondo has spent much of a nearly 30-year career in law enforcement in Uvalde, returning in 2020 to take the head police job at the school district
A police vehicle is seen parked near of a truck belonging to the suspect of a shooting at Robb Elementary School after a shooting last week
‘Pete Arredondo was duly elected to the City Council,’ McLaughlin said in the statement. ‘There is nothing in the City Charter, Election Code, or Texas Constitution that prohibits him from taking the oath of office.’
When Arredondo was a boy, Maria Gonzalez used to drive him and her children to the same school where the shooting happened. ‘He was a good boy,’ 她说.
‘He dropped the ball maybe because he did not have enough experience. 谁知道? People are very angry,’ 冈萨雷斯说.
Another woman in the neighborhood where Arredondo grew up began sobbing when asked about him. 女人, who didn’t want to give her name, said one of her granddaughters was at the school during the shooting but wasn’t hurt.
Juan Torres, LIZ JONES 介绍 Sarah Jessica Parker 令人眼花缭乱的连衣裙系列. Army veteran who was visibly upset with reports coming out about the response, said he knew Arredondo from high school.
‘You sign up to respond to those kinds of situations’ Torres said. ‘If you are scared, then don´t be a police officer. Go flip burgers.’
After his election to the City Council, Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News earlier this month that he was ‘ready to hit the ground running.’
‘I have plenty of ideas, and I definitely have plenty of drive,’ 他说, adding he wanted to focus not only on the city being fiscally responsible but also making sure street repairs and beautification projects happen.
A woman cries as she leaves the Uvalde Civic Center, Tuesday May 24, 2022, （乌瓦尔德）, Texas An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school
Connie Rubio (below R) grandmother of Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, 10, who died in the mass shooting, mourns with her family during a candlelight vigil to honor and remember the victims
At a candidates´ forum before his election, Arredondo said: ‘I guess to me nothing is complicated. Everything has a solution. That solution starts with communication. Communication is key.’
McCraw said Friday that minutes after the gunman entered the school, city police officers entered through the same door. Over the course of more than an hour, law enforcement from multiple agencies arrived on the scene. 最后, 官员说, LIZ JONES 介绍 Sarah Jessica Parker 令人眼花缭乱的连衣裙系列. Border Patrol tactical team used a janitor´s key to unlock the classroom door and kill the gunman.
McCraw said that students and teachers had repeatedly begged 911 operators for help while Arredondo told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway. That directive – which goes against established active-shooter protocols – prompted questions about whether more lives were lost because officers didn´t act faster.
Two law enforcement officials have said that as the gunman fired at students, law enforcement officers from other agencies urged Arredondo to let them move in because children were in danger, The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they had not been authorized to talk publicly about the investigation.
麦克劳克林, the Uvalde mayor, pushed back on officials´ claims, including remarks made over the weekend by Texas´ lieutenant governor, that they weren´t told the truth about the massacre.
‘Local law enforcement has not made any public comments about the specifics of the investigation or (所有三个王室成员都发表了一份罕见的联合声明，批评该广播公司为“夸大和毫无根据”的说法提供可信度，即他们向记者介绍了哈里和梅根的情况) 任何人,’ he said in a Monday statement.
Law enforcement personnel stand outside a funeral home during a visitation for Amerie Garza, a 10-year-old victim who was killed in last week’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, 德州
Arredondo started out his career in law enforcement working for the Uvalde Police Department. 一位代表告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，他们“只能看到杰奎琳·杜兰德的腿，并没有立即意识到她的受伤程度。 16 years there, he went to Laredo, a border city located 130 miles miles to the south, where he worked at the Webb County Sheriff’s Office and then for a local school district, 根据一个 2020 article in the Uvalde Leader-
News on his return to his hometown to take the school district police chief job.
Ray Garner, the police chief of the district in Laredo where Arredondo worked, told the San Antonio Express-News in a story published after the Uvalde shooting that when Arredondo worked in the Laredo district he was ‘easy to talk to’ and was concerned about the students.
‘He was an excellent officer down here,’ Garner told the newspaper . ‘Down here, we do a lot of training on active-shooter scenarios, and he was involved in those.’
阿雷东多, who spoke only briefly at two short news conferences on the day of the shooting, appeared behind state officials speaking at news conferences over the next two days, but was not present at McCraw´s Friday news conference.
After that news conference, members of the media converged at Arredondo’s home and police cruisers took up posts there. 在一个点上, a man answering the door at Arredondo’s house told a reporter for The Associated Press that Arredondo was ‘indisposed.’
‘The truth will come out,’ said the man before closing the door.
州参议员. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat whose district includes Uvalde, said on CNN´s ‘State of the Union’ that he’s asking a lot of questions after ‘so many things went wrong.’
He said one family told him that a first responder told them that their child, who was shot in the back, likely bled out. '所以, 绝对地, these mistakes may have led to the passing away of these children as well,’ Gutierrez said.
Gutierrez said while the issue of which law enforcement agency had or should have had operational control is a ‘significant’ concern of his, he’s also ‘suggested’ to McCraw ‘that it´s not fair to put it on the local (school district) cop.’
‘最后, everybody failed here,’ Gutierrez said.
图片: 的 19 children and two teachers butchered in Texas elementary school shooting
阿梅丽·乔·加尔萨, 10
阿梅丽·乔·加尔萨 (对)
阿梅丽·乔·加尔萨, 罗伯小学四年级学生, 是其中之一 19 学生证实周二早上被拉莫斯杀害, 警察说谁在袭击中携带手枪和 AR-15，还杀死了教室里的两名教师.
她的祖母, 艾琳·阿雷奥拉, 说这名 10 岁的女孩在试图打电话时被杀 911 坐在她最好的朋友旁边, 谁最终“被她的鲜血覆盖”。’
Arreola said Ramos told the students and staffers inside the room, ‘你会死的,’ before opening fire – shooting her granddaughter dead as she tried to phone for help.
‘So the gunman went in and he told the children, ‘你会死的,’ Berlinda told The Daily Beast.
'和 [阿梅里] had her phone and she called 911. And instead of grabbing it and breaking it or taking it from her, he shot her. She was sitting right next to her best friend. Her best friend was covered in her blood.’
乌兹亚·加西亚
乌兹亚·加西亚, 8
乌兹亚·加西亚, 八岁时最小的受害者, 也在袭击中丧生.
孩子的家人在宣布他是悲剧发生后下落不明的众多孩子中的几个小时后宣布他被杀.
男孩的爷爷, 曼尼·伦弗罗, 在接到当局通知后，周三早些时候爆料.
‘[他是] 我认识的最可爱的小男孩,’ 伦弗罗说. “我这么说不仅仅是因为他是我的孙子。’
Renfro recalled how Uziyah last visited him in San Angelo over spring break.
‘We started throwing the football together and I was teaching him pass patterns.
‘Such a fast little boy and he could catch a ball so good,’ the grieving grandad said.
‘There were certain plays that I would call that he would remember and he would do it exactly like we practiced.’
玛肯娜·埃尔罗德, 10
Makenna Lee Elrod
玛肯娜·埃尔罗德, 10, 也在大屠杀后的混乱中失踪, 和她的父亲, 布兰登埃尔罗德当时告诉记者，他担心‘她可能还活着。’
她的死讯最终在周三得到家人朋友的证实. “这个世界将要变成什么样子真是太可悲了,’ 枪击案发生后，女孩的父亲告诉当地媒体 KTRK.
Makeenna 的一位朋友的母亲在 Facebook 的帖子中哀叹失去.
'甜蜜的麦肯娜在天堂安息!! 我的女儿克洛伊非常爱她，我的心都碎了!!’ 妈妈写道. 周三，一位亲属证实，这名女孩是受害者之一.
泽维尔洛佩兹, 10
泽维尔洛佩兹
泽维尔洛佩兹, 10, 是第一个被确定为拉莫斯的学生受害者’ 受害人.
孩子的妈妈, 猫科动物马丁内斯, 周二告诉华盛顿邮报 就在大屠杀前几个小时, 妈妈一直在学校看她儿子参加 光荣榜仪式.
她拍了一张照片显示她的儿子炫耀他的证书.
在她与孩子的最后一次交流中, 妈妈心碎地告诉男孩，她为他感到骄傲，她爱他, 给他一个拥抱告别 – 不知道这将是她最后一次看到他活着.
“他很有趣, 从不认真，他的笑容……那个笑容我永远不会忘记,’ 她从警察那里得知他的死讯后回忆说. “它总是会让任何人振作起来。’
The boy’s cousin, Lisa Garza, 54, of Arlington, said Xavier enjoyed swimming and had been looking forward to the summer.
‘He was just a loving 10-year-old little boy, just enjoying life, not knowing that this tragedy was going to happen today,’ 她说.
‘He was very bubbly, loved to dance with his brothers, his mom. This has just taken a toll on all of us.’
Amelia Sandoval, Lopez’s grandmother, 说过: ‘It’s just so hard… you send your kids to school thinking they are going to make it back home but they’re not.’
以利亚托雷斯, 10
以利亚克鲁兹托雷斯
以利亚克鲁兹托雷斯, 10, 也失踪了几个小时，直到她被确认是死者之一.
阿道夫克鲁兹, 她的曾祖父, 说她不想在枪击当天上学 – 但她的家人告诉她必须参加.
他说他整晚都待在校门外，直到他从地方当局那里得知她的命运.
‘我希望她还活着,’ 达拉斯买家具乐部减重 50 磅.
托雷斯是一名狂热的棒球运动员，曾在当地的一个小联盟参加这项运动.
艾莉卢戈, 10
艾莉卢戈
Ellie Lugo 被她的父母命名为周二袭击的受害者, 史蒂文·加西亚和詹妮弗·卢戈在她被列入失踪名单几个小时后证实了她的死讯.
“现在我的想法很难就任何事情发表声明 1000 每小时英里数......但我确实想向那些今晚也没有回家的人表达我们的想法和祈祷!!! 我们的艾莉是个洋娃娃，是有史以来最快乐的,’ 史蒂文卢戈周三表示.
“爸爸妈妈爱你们，永远不会忘记这一点，请试着留在我们身边。’
内瓦布拉沃, 10
内瓦布拉沃
Nevaeh Bravo 被证实是周二晚些时候的死者之一, 枪击事件发生后，她的表弟在社交媒体上发帖请求帮助女孩.
周围 9 下午, 她在推特上爆料.
“不幸的是，我美丽的内瓦是今天悲剧的众多受害者之一,’ 她写了.
Sje说小学生“飞得很高”’ 并要求家人留在人们的祈祷中
“我们的内瓦被发现了. 她和上面的天使一起飞翔. 我们非常爱你 Navaeh 公主。’
‘感谢您的支持和帮助,’ 她写了. “安息吧，我亲爱的姑娘, 你不应该得到这个。’
布拉沃的年龄无法立即确认.
苔丝玛丽玛塔
苔丝玛丽玛塔
Tess Marie Mata 也是在袭击中丧生的人之一, 她40多岁和50多岁的照片显示她仍然美丽得惊人, 信仰马塔, 在周三发给 Facebook 的帖子中透露.
“老实说，我无话可说，只有悲伤, 困惑, 和愤怒,’ 她写了.
“我很难过，因为我们再也不会在爸爸妈妈身上贴上标签，告诉对方我们对彼此有多重要, 我很困惑，因为这样的事情怎么会发生在我的宝贝身上, 关怀, 和漂亮的妹妹, 我很生气，因为一个懦夫把你从我们身边夺走了。’
Photos shared with the post showed Tess smiling in a baby photo, snuggling with a cat, doing gymnastics, flashing a peace sign, and posing in front of a large heart mural.
‘Sissy I miss you so much, I just want to hold you and tell you how pretty you are, I want to take you outside and practice softball, I want to go on one last family vacation, I want to hear your contagious laugh, and I want you to hear me tell you how much I love you,’ 她写了.
Her age could not immediately be confirmed.
罗杰里奥·托雷斯, 10
罗杰里奥·托雷斯
罗杰里奥·托雷斯, 10, 最初是他父亲报告失踪的, 但在周三被家人确认死亡.
一个说她是男孩表妹的人在推特上写道: “说我的罗杰里奥现在和天使在一起，我心碎了，我永远想念你，爱你，我的天使。’
孩子的父亲 , 费德里科·托雷斯, 告诉休斯顿记者，他得知枪击事件时正在工作，并立即赶往学校.
“他们把我们送到了医院, 到市民中心, 去医院又来这里, 没有, 甚至在圣安东尼奥,’ 他说. “他们什么也没告诉我们, 只有一张照片, 等待, 希望一切都好。’
Nearly half a day later, cops broke the news to the boy’s family.
‘Our entire family waited almost 12 hours since the shooting to find out Rojelio Torres, my 10-year-old nephew, was killed in this tragedy,’ 托雷斯’ 姨妈, Precious Perez, told KSAT. ‘We are devastated and heartbroken. Rojer was a very intelligent, hard-working and helpful person. He will be missed and never forgotten.’
杰斯·卡梅罗·卢埃瓦诺斯, 10
杰斯·卢埃瓦诺斯
杰斯·卢埃瓦诺斯, 10, 与他 10 岁的表弟一起在枪击案中丧生, 贾伊拉, 孩子的妈妈星期三说.
而另一份提交的文件则看到一个形状像手势的岛屿，乌克兰国旗牢牢地插在手指上, Unberto Gonzalez 叔叔分享了两个孩子的照片，同时表达了感人的敬意.
“我的孩子会疯狂地想念他们!!!,’ 冈萨雷斯写道. “我们非常爱你们!!! 我现在只是迷路了!!! 高飞我美丽的天使!!’
贾伊拉·妮可·西尔格罗, 10
贾伊拉·妮可·西尔格罗
10 岁的 Jailah Nicole Silguero 也在枪击事件中丧生, 玛丽亚设法说服占领军付钱给她，仅仅是因为她为他们唱歌——她在希腊开始了她的音乐训练。, 维罗妮卡·卢埃瓦诺斯, 周三含泪向Univision透露.
她还在这场悲剧中失去了她 10 岁的侄子杰斯.
她说 Jailah 喜欢在 TikTok 上跳舞和拍摄视频.
据报道，这名孩子还在枪击事件发生的早上问她妈妈，她是否可以不上学留在家里 – 现在正在哀悼的妈妈拒绝了一个请求.
“我带她去学校, 但她不想去. 她告诉她父亲, ‘我可以待在家里吗?” 卢埃瓦诺斯 说, 注意到她的女儿提出这样的要求并不常见. “我想她知道会发生一些事情。’
Luevanos’ mom confirmed the loss on Facebook Wednesday.
‘Fly high my angels. We’re going to miss yall so much,’ wrote Veronica Luevanos – whose dad had died just a week earlier.
‘I’m so heart broken,’ she wrote with a photo of her daughter and nephew.
‘My baby I love u so much … fly high baby girl.’
阿里西亚·拉米雷斯, 10
阿里西亚·拉米雷斯
四年级学生Alithia Ramirez周三早些时候被她的父亲证实死亡, 瑞安·拉米雷斯, 谁在 Facebook 上分享了一个帖子，显示 10 岁的孩子有天使的翅膀. 他在前一天使用了同一张照片，因为他在大屠杀后请求帮助找到她
前一天，他在大屠杀后拼命请求帮助找到她时，令人心碎地使用了同一张照片.
“试图找到我的女儿 Alithia. 我给所有的医院打了电话，什么也没有,’ 他当时写道.
在他疯狂的搜索过程中，他还采访了记者, “我正试图找出我的孩子在哪里。’
安娜贝尔·瓜达卢佩·罗德里格斯, 10
安娜贝尔·瓜达卢佩·罗德里格斯
安娜贝尔·瓜达卢佩·罗德里格斯, 10, 是周二被拉莫斯杀死的另一人 – 和她的表弟一起, 谁尚未确定.
枪击案发生后，安娜贝尔的父亲在整个下午都在疯狂寻找女儿.
周二与 KHOU11 交谈, 他感叹自己不知所措, 搜索收效甚微.
“他们现在不让我们去医院，所以我们不知道该去哪里。’
此后，她被宣布为死者之一.
米兰达·马蒂斯, 11
米兰达·马蒂斯
米兰达·马蒂斯, 11, 也被证实是周三早些时候大规模枪击事件的另一名伤亡人员, 当天早些时候，一位堂兄在脸书上发布了一条绝望的请求，请求帮助找到孩子.
“我亲爱的表弟，我们深爱着你,’ 迪安娜·米勒（Deanna Miller）在一张带有天使翅膀的孩子的照片旁边写道.
“我很抱歉这件事发生在你身上，宝贝请让我的家人为你祈祷,’ 她伤心.
枪击发生时，米勒的孩子们也在学校, 但在袭击中幸存下来.
她的一个儿子告诉她，他们在袭击中被工作人员带出窗外，随后在“他听到枪手说他要杀死所有孩子之后跑到附近的殡仪馆”。’
亚历山大·莱克西’ 阿尼亚·卢比奥 |, 10
亚历山大·阿尼亚·卢比奥
亚历山大·阿尼亚·卢比奥 – 谁更被朋友称为“Lexi’ – 周二午夜前被证实死亡.
十岁少年被枪杀 在学校的光荣榜上与父母合影几个小时后.
Kimberly Eyes-卢比奥, 女孩的母亲, 写了损失: ‘我的美丽, 聪明的, Alexandria Aniyah Rubio 今天获得了 All-A 荣誉榜的认可. 她还获得了好公民奖. 我们告诉她我们爱她，放学后会来接她. 我们不知道这是再见。’
爱尤莉安娜
爱尤莉安娜
Maite Yuleana 是另一名在袭击中丧生的学生，他在几个小时前参加了光荣榜仪式.
女孩母亲的表弟, 安娜罗德里格斯, 周三宣布亏损.
“我怀着沉重的心情来代表我的表妹安娜来到这里，她在昨天毫无意义的枪击中失去了她可爱的女婴.
“我们对失败深感悲痛 [原文如此] 这个可爱聪明的小女孩……. 上帝保佑，愿她安息吧 Maite Rodriguez，我们爱你。’
Another relative shared a photo of Maite with her honor roll certificate.
Her age could not immediately be confirmed.
小约瑟夫·弗洛雷斯, 10
何塞弗洛雷斯
何塞弗洛雷斯, 10, 在参加光荣榜仪式后也被枪杀, 他被拍到得意洋洋地拿着证书庆祝成就.
克里斯托弗·萨拉查叔叔周三向《华盛顿邮报》证实，死者中有他 10 岁的侄子。, 在 Facebook 上向孩子表达敬意后.
'我爱你，我想念你,’ 萨拉查在帖子中写道.
男孩的父亲向 CNN 形容何塞是一个了不起的男孩，是他两个弟弟妹妹的大哥哥.
“他总是精力充沛,’ 何塞弗洛雷斯老. 说过. “准备玩到深夜。’
他说这个男孩喜欢打棒球和电子游戏.
杰基·卡萨雷斯
杰基·卡萨雷斯, 10
杰基·卡萨雷斯, 10, 是在小学的恶性袭击中被杀的另一个人.
她的父亲 Jacinto 证实她在四年级的教室里失去了生命.
“我的女婴被从我的家人身边带走，我,’ 悲痛的父亲在网上发帖说.
“我们以我希望没有人经历过的方式被摧毁. … 它伤害了我们的灵魂。’
卡萨雷斯说他的女儿, 谁和她表弟在一起, 安娜贝尔罗德里格斯, 当她死的时候, “充满了生命和爱”.
莱拉萨拉查, 10
这名 10 岁的学生是最后一名被确认的遇害者.
文森特萨拉查告诉费城询问者，他的小女儿是遇难者之一.
他说她“很有趣”’ 并回忆起他们如何一起唱“Sweet Child O”’ 矿’ 由枪炮’ 每次他开车送她去学校的时候玫瑰.
莱拉萨拉查
伊尔玛·加西亚, 46 – 四年级老师
伊尔玛·加西亚
伊尔玛·加西亚, 在过去五年中与 Mireles 共同教学, 曾在罗伯小学 23 年份.
嫁给乔 24 年份, 她是四个孩子的母亲 – 克里斯蒂安, 完成海军陆战队训练营; 何塞, 就读德克萨斯州立大学; 莉莉安娜, 高中二年级学生; 和亚历山德拉, 一个七年级的学生.
“我的 tia 没有成功, 她牺牲了自己保护教室里的孩子们, 我求你让我的家人，包括她所有的家人都在你们的祈祷中 , IRMA GARCIA 是她的名字，她以英雄的身份死去,’ 推特她的侄子约翰.
“她受到许多人的喜爱，并且会真正被怀念。’
她被提名为年度最佳教师 2018-19 奖项, 三一大学主办.
伊娃·米雷莱斯, 44 – 四年级老师
伊娃·米雷莱斯
伊娃·米雷莱斯, 一个四年级的老师, 被她的家人认定为被枪杀的工作人员之一. 她曾在教育界工作 17 年份.
她的丈夫鲁本鲁伊斯, 一名资深侦探和特警队成员，目前在学区担任警察, 定期为学校举办主动射击训练 – 最近一次是在三月底.
