Uvalde School Police Chief Arredondo said 'Tell them to f*cking wait' as kids died

Recently released radio logs from May's Robb Elementary School shooting have reportedly shown that Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo yelled "Tell them to f*cking wait" at the same time dying children were begging to be saved by police.

Radio logs released on June 22 are painting a clearer picture of the Uvalde school shooting timeline, and in one critical moment at 12:16 pm, a child was on an emergency line reporting that several kids were still alive and begged for police to enter. In response to the added pressure to breach the room, Chief Arredondo reportedly said, "Tell them to f*cking wait!" according to a timeline of radio communications posted to Twitter by CNN correspondent Shimon Prokupecz.

In one exchange over radio, Arredondo talked about fear of bullets piercing thin walls and how his slow response would be perceived.

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