Chloe Torres did everything she was ‘supposed’ to do in a school shooting scenario. Uvalde police failed her and the elementary school’s 21 victims.
obtained the audio, and after talking to the parents of Chloe Torres, the now 11-year-old who made the call, has released snippets of the heartbreaking audio. She and injured, dying classmates and a teacher were trapped in room 112 as the gunman bounced between room 112 and the adjoining room 111, according to a timeline of the tragedy fromThe audio is painful to listen to, as this should have been the call that could have saved lives.
“I’m in classroom — what’s the classroom number? 112,” Chloe says. “Please hurry. There’s a lot of dead bodies,” Chloe whispers. She confirms her room number and asks again, “Please send help.” An officer then asks, “Can you confirm to see if that shooter is still standing? Or has he shot himself?” to the dispatcher. Active shooter protocol dictates that a call like this should send officers into action to neutralize the shooter. Police officers did not enter the room until 12:50 p.m. Instead, more officers arrived at the scene with tactical gear, with roughly 400 officers at the scene.
According to police, they thought that the gunman was barricaded and no longer an active shooter. This is the excuse they’ve been using to defend their fatal inaction.
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