{"id":1558720,"date":"2022-07-18T00:04:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T04:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1558720"},"modified":"2022-07-18T00:04:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T04:04:10","slug":"watch-uvalde-police-chief-tried-to-negotiate-with-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-uvalde-police-chief-tried-to-negotiate-with-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Uvalde Police Chief Tried To Negotiate With Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-uvalde-police-chief-tried-to-negotiate-with-shooter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1558720&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Newly released footage from the school shooting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/uvalde\">Uvalde, Texas<\/a> highlights the confused and disorganized response of law enforcement on the scene and shows UCISD Police Chief Arrendondo trying to negotiate with the shooter from down the hall, while the gunman was firing in a classroom full of children.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/static.texastribune.org\/media\/files\/d005cf551ad52eea13d8753ede93320c\/Uvalde%20Robb%20Shooting%20Report%20-%20Texas%20House%20Committee.pdf?_ga=2.153056505.1354589682.1658088218-1050889604.1656287390\">interim report<\/a> by the Texas House Committee revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/egregious-poor-decision-making-nearly-400-cops-gathered-at-uvalde-school-before-anyone-did-anything\">376 law enforcement officers<\/a> were on the scene before anyone attempted to storm the classroom. The shooter, who will not be named per The Daily Wire\u2019s policy of refusing to reward mass shooters with the 15 minutes of fame they so often desire, was left in a fourth grade classroom at Robb Elementary for over an hour and killed 17 students and two teachers, some of whom might have been saved by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ems1.com\/uvalde-school-shooting\/articles\/police-delays-may-have-deprived-uvalde-schoolchildren-of-lifesaving-care-experts-say-LQ3Ur0JivEqONfMb\/\">more timely emergency care<\/a>, in what state officials have called an example of \u2018extremely poor decision making.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Bodycam footage obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/16\/us\/uvalde-shooting-video-what-we-learned\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> shows the response of several officers on the scene from the opening moments of the shooting up to its conclusion, including attempted negotiations with the shooter by Police Chief Peter Arrendondo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me know if there\u2019s any kids there or anything!\u201d Arrendondo said on tape. \u201cThis can be peaceful!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: Exclusive body cam video from the law enforcement response to the Uvalde, TX school shooting. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShimonPro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShimonPro<\/a>\u00a0obtained the video from the city&#8217;s Mayor. <br \/>It shows just how chaotic the situation was: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VppNuJ1d7b\">pic.twitter.com\/VppNuJ1d7b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanobles\/status\/1548799795590053888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The police seemed unaware of key events on the ground, first suspecting that the shooter had gone into an office rather than a classroom, and then being unsure if there were any children in the rooms the shooter occupied \u2013 classrooms 111 and 112. Police also spent key moments after the initial confrontation loitering in the hallway, waiting on back up.<\/p>\n<p>Footage shows one officer questioning their inactivity, at one point stating \u201cWhat are we doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 25 minutes after police arrived bodycam footage from a Sgt. Daniel Coronado shows students being evacuated from a nearby window, which may have led some officers to believe the students were out of danger. Later an update from a 9-1-1 dispatcher revealed that students were still inside the classroom, still alive and desperately calling for help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do have a child on the line\u2026 he is in a room\u2026 full of victims\u2026 full of victims at this moment.\u201d And yet 6 minutes went by without any response.<\/p>\n<p>Later we see footage of Arrendondo fiddling with a set of keys, trying to unlock a door to a classroom nearby the one occupied by the shooter, before handing the keys off to another officer who successfully entered the empty room.<\/p>\n<p>After better equipped backup arrived another volley of shots can be heard, but even knowing that there were surviving children inside and outnumbering and outgunning the suspect by a considerable margin, Arrendondo still attempted to negotiate rather than storming the room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir, if you can hear me, please put your firearm down, sir! We don\u2019t want anyone else hurt!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the next 30 minutes, despite even more backup arriving, no action was taken to stop the shooter. The video cuts out moments before police finally break down the door and kill the shooter at 12:51 p.m. local time, almost an hour and twenty minutes after the shooter entered the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Mounting public outrage has been directed at the Uvalde Police in general and Chief Arrendondo in particular.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re cowards,\u201d Anfulo Reyes, a school teacher who was critically injured during the shooting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cowards-wounded-uvalde-teacher-condemns-police\">said<\/a>. \u201cThey sit there and did nothing for our community. They took a long time to go in. \u2026 I will never forgive them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Arrendondo was recently elected to the Uvalde City Council but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/07\/02\/uvalde-school-police-chief-pete-arredondo-resigns\/\">stepped<\/a> down after intense public backlash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly released footage from the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas highlights the confused and disorganized response of law enforcement on the scene and shows UCISD Police Chief Arrendondo trying to negotiate with the shooter from down the hall, while the gunman was firing in a classroom full of children. 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