https://nypost.com/2022/06/03/uvalde-police-chief-pete-arredondo-had-no-radio-at-texas-shooting-report/

Uvalde schools Chief Pete Arredondo had

no radio at Texas shooting: report

New York Post, by Mark Lungariello

Posted By: Ribicon, 6/3/2022 4:56:27 PM

The cop in charge during the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre arrived without a police radio and immediately made the call to “fall back” rather than confront the gunman, a new report said. Uvalde school district police Chief Pete Arredondo was one of the first people on the scene after 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos stormed into Robb Elementary School with an AR-15-style assault rifle last Tuesday—but police communication was chaotic from the start, the New York Times reported.(Snip)Arredondo had to use a cellphone to call a police land line to request a radio and backup, saying “we need more firepower and we need