Speaking at a State Senate hearing Tuesday, Texas Department of Public Safety head Steve McCraw slammed police s response to the May 24 massacre as an abject failure.
That may have caused delay in Arredondo communicating with police dispatchers, according to the New York Times , citing a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation.
Arredondo, a former 911 dispatcher who d been elected to Uvalde s city council just days earlier, may have used that as an excuse for why he held his officers back despite the 911 calls from students.
Pete Arrendondo, 50, is being slammed by his neighbor after he changed the status of the shooting on Tuesday from an active shooter situation to a barricaded suspect situation.