“There is a lot of bodies,” a 10-year-old girl told a 911 dispatcher 37 minutes after the gunman began shooting inside the classrooms, per the Times’ review of a transcript of the call.
Arredondo used his cell phone in lieu of having a police radio to relay information to police dispatchers, which may have been detrimental in his attempt to quickly communicate with his team. Arredondo made the call to fall back as two supervisors from Uvalde PD were grazed by the gunman’s bullets. He placed a call to a police landline using his cell saying that the gunman had an AR-15, but he told them the gunman was contained.
“There is a lot of bodies,” Khloie Torres told a 911 dispatcher 37 minutes after the gunman began shooting inside the classrooms, per’ review of a transcript of the call. “I don’t want to die, my teacher is dead, my teacher is dead, please send help, send help for my teacher, she is shot but still alive.” She stayed on the line for about 17 minutes, during which the sound of gunfire was heard.
More than 140 officers were under the direction of Arredondo. The force included local, state, and federal agencies.
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