Lt. Mariano Pargas of the Uvalde Police Department has resigned from his position, days before he was likely to be dismissed at a ‘special meeting’ of the city’s council.
Pargas, 65, was the commanding officer on the scene when 19 children and two teachers were shot dead by crazed gunman Salvador Ramos on May 24 at Robb Elementary School.
The resignation comes days after CNN published damning audio and video that showed the officer failing to act and properly relay information about the unfolding attack.
The dispatcher told Pargas that there were eight or nine students still alive inside of the classroom. He asked the dispatcher: ‘This calls you got in from the… from one of the students, what did they say?’ She answers: ‘Ok, Khloie’s going to be, it’s Khloie. She’s in Room 112, Mariano, 112.’
The dispatcher goes on to tell Pargas: ‘Eight to nine are still alive. She’s not too sure… She’s not too sure how many are actually DOA or possibly injured. We’re trying.’ He replies: ‘Ok, ok thanks’ and then hangs up.
A minute later, Pargas is shown relaying the information he obtained to a Border Patrol agent inside of a Robb Elementary School hallway. However, when Pargas goes outside to talk with a Texas Ranger outside of the school, he didn’t mention the 911 call.
McLaughlin said: ‘I think if we’d have had this, all this, and I think if we would have had your video and what we saw and everything we saw last night, I think Mariano would have been gone sooner, in my opinion, would have been gone.’
They knew there were kids still alive, a lieutenant was told by dispatch but did nothing to act on that information.
If this man had any decency left, he’d go home and eat his service weapon.
If he doesn’t, I wouldn’t convict a grieving parent gave him service weapon gavage.
But, and assault weapons ban, magazine limits, and waiting periods will stop gun violence.
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Yeah… right.
I have some extra weapons that I will happily give to any surviving parents that need them. I found them in the lake, but they still work.