Uvalde Police Chief FIRED

After the fact, Arredondo claimed he did not even think he was the incident commander, claiming he didn’t give any orders to the other officers on the scene. He even revealed that he didn’t have his radio on him because he wanted to “have both arms free to engage the shooter.”

Arredondo testified to the House committee that he believed Ramos was a “barricaded suspect” rather than an “active shooter” when he saw an empty classroom next to the one where Ramos was hiding.

Even then, the police chief was reportedly focused on trying to find a key to open a door to the classroom, even though the door was likely already unlocked.

Red Lily wrote:He should be in jail.

JMWinPR wrote:Should have been fired as soon as his relationship with Beto became apparent. Once again the voters are the ones to blame. They are responsible and should be held accountable.
As the man said "elections have consequences". At one time I felt it was wrong for taxpayers to pay for the misdeeds of elected and appointed officials. I no longer feel that way. They elected the trash, now they must pay for the clean up