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Lawmaker: Chief at Scene Wasn't Told of 911 Calls

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The commander overseeing police during a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from students trapped inside, and it’s.
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The commander overseeing police during a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from students trapped inside, and it’s unclear who at the scene was aware of the calls as the massacre of 19 students and two teachers unfolded, a Texas state senator said Thursday. Sen. Roland Gutierrez said it was a « system failure » that school district police Chief Pete Arredondo received no word of the pleas for help from people inside Robb Elementary School on May 24, the AP reports. « I want to know specifically who was receiving the 911 calls », Gutierrez said during a news conference.

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