On Wednesday, Arredondo told CNN that he's talking regularly with investigators from the Texas Department of Public Safety, contradicting claims from state law enforcement that he’s stopped cooperating.Īuthorities have said the gunman, Salvador Ramos, legally purchased two guns not long before the school attack: an AR-15-style rifle on May 17 and a second rifle on May 20. The director of state police last week said Arredondo made the “wrong decision” not to breach the classroom, believing the gunman was barricaded inside and children weren’t at risk.
The blame for an excruciating delay in killing the gunman - even as parents outside begged police to rush in and panicked children called 911 from inside - was placed on the school district’s police chief, Pete Arredondo. Department of Justice is reviewing law enforcement actions. Investigators continue to seek answers about how police responded to the shooting, and the U.S.
She described Amerie as “a nice little girl who smiled a lot,” and who was “so humble and charismatic but full of life.” The funeral for 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez was Tuesday night.Īt Amerie's funeral, mourner Erika Santiago, her husband and their two children wore purple shirts adorned with images of the victims. On Tuesday afternoon, hundreds turned out to remember Amerie Jo Garza, a smiling fourth-grader whose funeral Mass was the first since the massacre. His father told CNN that his son loved baseball and video games and “was always full of energy.” He made the honor roll and received a certificate on May 24, hours before the shooting. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, who attended the Garcias’ funeral, said in a statement that America “must unite as a country against this senseless cycle of violence, act immediately to protect our children, and make sure that every child and every educator feels safe in our schools.”Īnother funeral Wednesday was for 10-year-old Jose Flores Jr., also at Sacred Heart. The couple would have been married 25 years on June 28 His obituary noted that he and Irma “began their relationship in high school and it flourished into a love that was beautiful and kind.” Joe, 50, collapsed and died after dropping off flowers at his wife’s memorial. “In the midst of so much, please, please people need comfort, people need you. Most of the readings during Wednesday's service and the homily were in English, with García-Siller offering some words in Spanish. In a letter posted on the school’s website at the beginning of the school year, Garcia told her students that she and Joe had four children - a Marine, a college student, a high school student and a seventh grader.
Irma, 48, was finishing up her 23rd year as a teacher at Robb Elementary. Real Slave Training: Becoming My Toilet-Home Movie Of Real, 19 Year-Old Dominatrix Makes Her Slave Swallow Her Piss, Spit And Clean Her Dirty Feet16 min. You took care of them until your last breath.” “You did what you would have done with your own children. “Because you were there with them,” he said.