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hoodharlow · 1 year

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Balance

AN: the Met Gala chapter was annoying me so I scrapped it and did one based on his interview with Angie Martinez

Requested? No

Warnings: out of pocket paparazzi, but other than that it's mostly fluff aka Jack gushing about Miriam and how he can't believe he bagged her

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"You always have white stuff spilling out of your mouth, Miriam." Jack teased Miriam as she finished the last of her tiramisu.

"Oh shush." She mumbled, scooping up the last bit of the mascarpone whipped cream.

They were in New York enjoying a lowkey dinner at an Italian restaurant before heading out to a Rangers game. Miriam had some scenes from the movie she was filming there because her character and Rudy Pankow's character had met in NYU. Jack was there to do some interviews to promote his album that was coming out that weekend.

Their phones simultaneously went off. Miriam leaned to an empty chair where she put her jacket and pulled out her phone. It was a text from Beto, who was outside with Jack's bodyguard, saying that there was paparazzi outside the restaurant.

Since the news broke out about the two of them dating, surprisingly, they haven't been papped together. The closest they've gotten to being sighted was from a fan posting a recording them from a distance with the location hours later. They both hated dealing with paparazzi. Mostly because they always got the most out of pocket shit asked.

She heard Jack curse as she replied to Beto.

"Did–"

"Yeah." He nodded, knowing she was gonna ask him if knew about the paps. "There's no back street is there?"

"No." Miriam shook her head.

"Fuck," he sighed. He ran a hand over his curls. "Let's just go, the longer we wait, the more time we give them."

Miriam nodded, motioning their server to bring over the check. They came by and set the check on the table. Jack smacked Miriam's hand away before she could grab for it. He reached for his wallet, pulling out a few bills and slipped them in the folder. They grabbed their things and made their way to the entrance.

"So my dress is kinda short, could you use my jacket as a shield when I get in the car?" Miriam asked. She wore a cream Vivienne Westwood corseted, knit mini dress. She paired the dress with her ACNE Studios chocolate brown leather jacket with brown shearling inside and matching Stuart Weitzman leather platform boots.

"Yeah, we can't have people seeing our goods." He said, taking the jacket.

"Our?" She asked.

"I said what I said."

The hostess thanked them for dining at the restaurant as they exited. Miriam looked down, hiding her face with her curls, and quickly climbed in the SUV. Jack followed closely behind her, covering her so they wouldn’t get a glimpse of her ass.

"C'mon Jack don't be greedy, let us see her ass." Someone yelled as he climbed in.

One thing Jack won't let slide was someone objectifying Miriam, especially in front of him. But Beto closed the door before he could pop out and curse out whoever said that. He sat next to her angry at himself for not defending her.

"Jack, I'm sorry." She said quietly. She felt guilty. Had she worn something less revealing, then the person wouldn't have yelled that at Jack and he wouldn't be mad.

"Miriam, you didn't do anything wrong." He said in a reassuring tone. "And don't try to justify it. You were simply existing and some creep yelled that shit unprovoked. Okay?"

"Yeah," she nodded.

It was comforting that Jack told her that. Miriam's past partners have always said the opposite and made it seem like it was her fault whenever she'd get catcalled. It didn't matter if it was a college party or just in the streets, they always pinned it on her and what she wore. She felt very fortunate to have Jack. Words can't describe how safe he makes her feel.

"I love you." She found herself telling him.

It caught Jack off guard, but he didn't waste a second to say it back.

The drive to Madison Square Garden wasn't long. Delta hooked up Jack with some VIP tickets and they came with access to a different entrance from those that had general admission tickets. They followed an usher that brought them to the Delta lounge. There they explained all the amenities that came with their tickets and how they could stay in the lounge and watch the game from there or they could get escorted down to the rink. Jack and Miriam agreed that they would rather watch the game in the rink. They were also given custom jerseys with their names on the back and letterman jackets.

They made a pit stop at concessions. Miriam wanted a pretzel and a drink. Jack also got some water and popcorn for himself. They thanked the security who escorted them to their seats.

Miriam took a picture of the rink for her Instagram Stories, adding 'Elle Kennedy prepared me for this.'

"Who's Elle Kennedy?" Jack asked her, reading over her shoulder.

"She's an author who wrote like two hockey series, so all my knowledge on hockey is coming from that" She said.

"Damn, I don't know shit either." He said.

"Your mom told me you dated the captain of your high school's hockey team." She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.

"She played field hockey and we never discussed it because we mostly spent our time in the back of her mom's minivan." He said coyly.

"A simple 'she played field hockey' would have been a fine response."

During warmups Jack and Miriam were shown on the jumbotron along with other celebrities. Miriam was shown first. “Here we have Miriam Dominguez, fashion icon and actress. She is known for her roles in ‘In the Heights' and ‘What We Saw’. Her movie ‘The Lies We Vow To’ that she’s starring alongside Oscar Isaac, comes out June 18th, but will be shown at Cannes later this month.” The announcer said with her verse on ‘96,000’ from ‘In the Heights’ playing in the background.

The jumbotron panned out to her. She gave them a shy smile and turned so that Jack could get full attention as the announcer listed all his accomplishments and how his album was dropping that week. She smiled as he took in the cameras. He was in his own world, dancing along to Nail Tech as it played.

The couple was in their own little world laughing and talking while watching the game. Miriam’s whole body was turned to Jack. She held onto his arm while his hand rested on her thigh. Suddenly cheers and whistles filled the arena, making the couple look up at the jumbotron.

Cameras were pointed at them for the kiss cam, they ruined their moment. Miriam pulled away and sat straight. Jack waved at the kiss cam to move away from them. It moved onto another couple who happily took in the cameras.

During one of the breaks, Jack and Miriam went back to the VIP lounge to watch the last of the game so they could avoid the crowd when it ended. Miriam excused herself to use the restroom, leaving Jack to entertain himself. He saw a post of him and Miriam waiting in line at concessions on Twitter. The tweet itself made him snort when he read it: “Why is Miriam always eating up Jack with her outfits?” He decided to retweet it with, “that’s because i’m always eating her out 🤝🏻 balance”.

***

The following morning Miriam flew out to LA while Jack stayed back in New York. They were going to meet in Louisville for the Derby. Jack still had to do some radio interviews. Luckily he was at his last interview with Angie Martinez.

"This is the type of shit that would make a girlfriend jealous." Angie pointed out as she and Jack discussed how he's a friendly person by nature but people take it as him being flirty. "Wait, you do have a girlfriend, right?"

Jack felt his cheeks warm up. He scratched the back of his neck. "Yeah, I'm spoken for." He smiled shyly.

"Can I ask about you guys?" The radio host asked.

"You can ask, but…" he trailed off.

"We'll see if I get an answer." She finished for him

"Exactly." He nodded, making her laugh.

"I'm just curious how you two met." She continued.

"Because Miriam is way out of my league?" He asked, in a playful tone.

"It's not even about that. It's just that you've been seen, associated with a range of women that no one really knew the type of woman you'd go for."

"I mean I like all women. But I gravitate towards women with confidence; someone who's smart that can carry a conversation with me without it feeling forced. I really like sweethearts and not the type that infantilize themselves to seem innocent. I don't like any jerky or toxic energy. Miriam has all those qualities and more. We balance and compliment each other really well. She is that person who's pretty closed off until she lets you get to know her. Then you see her personality shine through."

Angie stayed quiet, trying to figure out her response but Jack continued. "To answer your initial question, we met last January at a soccer game in LA. Her dad is one of my favorite soccer players growing up, still is. He's a phenomenal athlete. That day LA Galaxy was playing Chelsea, my favorite team and the team her dad played for, and they happened to be sitting in the same section as I was. I made conversation with Miriam because her dad went to meet up with friends, but we stayed behind. That same night a friend of a friend was hosting some dinner and invited me. She was there with her sister. We talked some more there then I slid in her dms as a friend."

"How do you slide in someone's dms as a friend?" She asked him.

"I can't reveal too much about that. Just know, what I did worked." He said coyly.

"I'm assuming, you guys have been together for a few months." She said.

Jack nodded. "It'll be a year in July."

"Oh wow, I was thinking it was brand new."

"Nah, we've been together for a while."

"How were you able to keep your relationship hidden for so long?"

"We didn't keep our relationship hidden, we kept it private." He corrected her. "We told those who we want to know and who we trusted to respect our relationship and our privacy. Honestly, I could have just told you 'yes I'm dating someone' and moved on when you asked me. But I trust you, I trust that you won't manipulate what I tell you about me and my partner to make it seem that my relationship with her is something completely different from what I told you. You know."

"From the bottom of my heart I really appreciate that. I hope that I didn't cross any boundaries." She told him sincerely.

From there they talked some more about the singles of his album, how he featured Young Miami in the Nail Tech music video, briefly mentioning Miriam's unplanned cameo. They discussed his trip to Turks and Caicos with Drake then veered off to the album's features and how Jack was able to bring them to the album.

"Are any of the songs in your new album about her?" Angie asked, cautiously.

Jack tilted from side to side, contemplating. He adjusted his mic wnf spoken into it. "She'll know if they are."

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quaranmine · 2 months

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The Background People of Firewatch AU

There's a couple of oc characters in firewatch au that diverge from this, but early on I knew I wanted the majority of people (originally everyone) Grian encountered to be nice to him. I wanted the story to be full of people that, whether Grian saw it or not, cared enough to help. Probably because the closing lines of The Martian by Andy Weir permanently rewired my brain ever since I read it like 9 years ago:

“If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don't care, but they're massively outnumbered by the people who do.”

Grian's client in the first chapter, the rich guy he's not very fond of, actually releases Grian early from a meeting because he can tell he's distracted. He's a little rude about it, but he lets Grian go because he recognizes Grian is worried about something.

The lady who accepts Grian's call when he reports Mumbo missing is sweet and calls him darling. She's the same person at the desk when Grian appears the next day to join the search, and she gently directs him to a motel to get some sleep in. She sees a man she's never met, and wants him to rest.

Scar, of course, is the whole point of the story. He was always determined to care.

The unnamed ranger who tells Grian they have to suspend the search because of nearby fires does so both candidly and kindly.

It's not a direct interaction with Grian, but the lady in the Forest Service office gives information to Scar (possibly at risk of her job since it was not allowed) to help him out on behalf of Grian.

Pearl and Jimmy, of course, are trying desperately to support Grian in their respective flashback sequences.

We learn in Pearl's flashback sequence that Grian's acquaintances in Colorado were also hoping to help support him before he ghosted them instead.

The pair of seasonal employees that come to collect Mumbo's bike are both stated to be super friendly to Grian, and try to help him with information even though they're new.

Linda, the woman working the desk at the District Ranger station, is actually nothing but nice to Grian the entire time. His perception of her is only negatively colored by his own paranoia/suspicion/grief, but reading between the lines all her actions are either kind or highly reasonable given the circumstances. Like, of course she's critical of Grian when she catches him breaking into the office, but even then she tries to gently defuse the situation.

Martinez the hotshot wildland firefighter is very happy to help save Grian, and does his best to keep trying to reassure/cheer Grian.

There's a few exceptions for people who the narrative doesn't paint in a good light. Idiots with fireworks will be idiots. Scar's boss reprimands him, but only very reasonably: Scar had been accessing information he wasn't cleared to (a massive no-no in government.) Grian's former boss is terrible towards him—rightfully upset at Grian's failure to show up to work, but expressing it with zero empathy or regards to Grian's situation.

Larry the District Ranger is displayed in a fairly bad light, but his response is mostly measured exactly with Grian's. He starts off understanding toward Grian, but as Grian begins to be more hostile, he reacts to that energy while still maintaining his professionalism. He's meant to be genuine in the scene above when he apologizes to Grian for not finding Mumbo, it's just Grian who doesn't believe it.

But like? Does this all make sense? Do you see it? There's people at every turn who want to help Grian. Nearly everyone he meets is actually kind. Grian may think that the world is out to get him, or that people are hiding things from him, but they're not. I like to think it seeps through the cracks in this story, despite the narrative being influenced by Grian's persistent self-isolation and suspicion. He may be a cynic, but I'm not.

One of my reviewers said this wasn't a story about how unfair life was, but that it was a story about love. I think that's true. I think it's about our connections to people and how we lean on them in the worst of times.

#hc_firewatch_au #more details and this time it was 100% planned from the start

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carlos-in-glasses · 10 months

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WIP Wednesday

Thank you for the tag @catanisspicy . Please have something very very hot off the press. 🤎

Gutiérrez switches on the light, illuminating oak laminate cabinets, beige floral tiling and a matching tile-top kitchen island upon which tightly-packed rectangular parcels of beige-tinted powder are stacked in brickwork formation.

Carlos' eyes pop at the sight of it. "Are you serious?"

“Oh, relax. What do you think I do here all day – listen to true crime podcasts and make friendship bracelets?” Gutiérrez swipes an upside-down sepia glass coffee pot from the drying rack. In reaction, a stack of ceramic plates and cutlery collapses in a cacophonous domino effect. He ignores it. “Anyway, it’s flour. Decoy drop this evening should get moles out of the hole. That’s what your daddy used to say.” Gutiérrez gestures behind Carlos. Sure enough, on the countertop next to a retro-looking brown microwave, there are several empty packets of King Arthur unbleached, covered in their own dust. “My requisition didn’t go through, though, so I’m out of pocket,” Gutiérrez continues, grizzling. “But Costco loves me. The checkout girl probably thinks I’m some master baker.”

Carlos watches Gutiérrez hunt around in a drawer for a fresh filter for the coffee machine, which is as equally ancient as the microwave, the fridge, and the sink. Such can be the austerity of public-funded undercover ops. Carlos wishes he didn’t like Gutiérrez. Thanks to the nature of his own job, and his father’s job – which included the whistle-blowing of corruption within the auspices of the Texas Rangers – virtually everyone in his life occupies a dangerous position. Tomorrow, he could read in The Austin Chronical about a man called Pablo Martinez being gunned down in Chicano Park. A narcotics drop gone lethal. Carlos would have to grit his teeth while buttoning his shirt in the locker room at the precinct, hearing colleagues laugh and jaunt about another falcon removed from the streets.

“Take a seat,” Gutiérrez says, “Here, I’ll move a few of these out of your way.” He bundles up a dozen of the decoy parcels and dumps them next to a ceramic cookie jar shaped like a football.

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tarlossource · 1 year

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9-1-1: Lone Star's Carlos gets an unexpected offer from his dad in season 4 finale sneak peek

Amid all the wedding planning, Rafael Silva's Austin police officer gets a surprise visit from his father, Gabriel (Benito Martinez).

A wedding is a major transition point in a groom's life — but 9-1-1: Lone Star is throwing even more possible change at Rafael Silva's Carlos.

As Carlos prepares to marry TK (Ronen Rubinstein) in the two-hour season 4 finale of the Fox first-responder series, the Austin police officer will also get an offer from his father, Gabriel (Benito Martinez), to join him in the Texas Rangers.

"So the name Reyes came up in the Ranger daily briefing today — but not my name, yours," Gabriel says in a preview clip exclusive to EW.

Carlos' work helping take down an organ trafficking ring has put him on the radar of Gabriel's colleagues, and his "eager fiancé," TK, is all about pushing the professional opportunity, pointing out that Carlos has also been encouraged to take the detective exam.

"It felt like a community coming together to celebrate this very special moment," Silva told EW of filming the wedding, which we previewed with 10 exclusive first-look photos from the ceremony. "We've been working towards this moment for so long — so being here, it feels like we've earned this moment. It feels like a victory for these two characters. It felt like bliss, it felt like joy, and it felt like love. It felt like mission accomplished."

But with one personal "victory" accomplished, is a professional one on the horizon?

The two-hour 9-1-1: Lone Star season 4 finale airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Fox. Watch our exclusive clip from it above.

#press #tarlos #tk strand #carlos reyes #911 lone star #tk strand x carlos reyes #ronen rubinstein #rafael silva #s4

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taiturner · 4 months

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CREATIONS FROM EVERY MONTH OF 2023 tagged by @girlbutcherwife (thank you so much!💖)

Post your favorite and most popular post from each month this year (it’s okay to skip months). / no pressure tags (so sorry if you've already done this!): @wyllhalsin, @cardvngreenbriar, @seance, @natscatorrcio, @ughmerlin, @lottiemilfews, @capinejghafa, @laylakeating

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MOST POPULAR: OMITB PTSD Check (2.3k) FAVORITE: Travis & Javi Martinez / Luther Hargreeves "for the bad nights" / Viktor Hargreeves + catastrophe / Allison Hargreees spotify wrapped /

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MOST POPULAR: Sydney Adamu (844) FAVORITE: Tracy in 5x10 / Trimberly Power Rangers / Luther Hargreeves + spotify wrapped / Yellowjackets + Fantasticland / Sam Carpenter + "Hide"

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craftytragedysalad · 1 year

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I think the first photo is before the wedding, but there is a theory that this is after they get home after the honeymoon.

In that case, it is possible to have Gabriel dead. Benito Martinez is already in another show and maybe he will exit Ls and the producers and writers are making this a storyline for Carlos on Season 5.

They can be watching the news announcing the death of a Texas Ranger.

The reality probably will be that everyone guessed wrongly. LOL

But I am still traumatized by people that guessed right the Huntington disease last episode.

#911 lone star #tarlos #tarlos wedding #carlos reyes #tk strand #911 lone star spoilers

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ametistacollinsworld · 9 months

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nightmaresart · 2 months

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 1 year

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Editor’s note: This story contains audio of people calling 911 during a mass shooting incident.

The first two 911 calls came in at 11:29 a.m.

A man had crashed his truck into a ditch by Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, and he was rushing toward the school with a gun.

“He’s inside the school shooting at the kids!” a third caller yelled at 11:33 a.m.

The gunman fired more than 100 rounds by the time police dispatchers received another call two minutes later. An adult voice could be heard making “shh” sounds for nearly 44 seconds before the phone abruptly cut out.

Monica Martinez, a STEM teacher who was hiding in a closet at the school, was among several callers from inside the school who followed.

“There’s somebody banging at my school,” Martinez said, her voice muffled as she continued speaking. “I’m so scared,” she said at 11:36 a.m.

What happened on May 24 in Uvalde is well documented. Hundreds of law enforcement officers from nearly two dozen local, state and federal agencies rushed to the scene. It took more than an hour before they entered the rooms where the gunman was located. They treated the crisis as one of a barricaded suspect who was no longer an active threat. Ultimately, 19 children and two teachers were killed in the worst school shooting in Texas history.

In the ensuing five months, the delayed law enforcement response has spurred state and federal investigations. The school district’s police chief was fired. He has publicly contested his termination, saying he was unfairly blamed. The acting Uvalde police chief has also been suspended and a state trooper fired. The chief of the Texas Rangers, the Department of Public Safety unit that is leading the state investigation, retired abruptly in September, as did his deputy in August. Several state police troopers remain under investigation. Officers facing punishment either could not immediately be reached for comment or declined to respond.

The Texas Tribune and ProPublica have for the first time obtained recordings of more than 20 emergency calls and dozens of hours of conversations between police and dispatchers that lay bare the increasing sense of urgency and desperation conveyed by children and teachers. In chilling, muffled 911 calls, they begged for help from inside the school.

Although the existence of some 911 calls and body camera footage has been reported publicly, the totality of the recordings show the pervasiveness of the miscommunication that unfolded that day.

During some calls, dispatchers and officers warned that class was supposed to be in session in rooms where the gunman had been shooting. On others, law enforcement officers said they were unaware that anyone aside from the gunman was in the classrooms, even as dispatchers received calls from children seeking help.

Ten-year-old Khloie Torres was one of those children. While state officials previously released a transcript with excerpts from one of Khloie’s phone calls, the news organizations obtained additional recordings of her pleading for help that had not been made public. Khloie survived that day.

In an interview, her father, Ruben Torres Jr., said he is “disgusted” that police did not quickly intervene. The fact that his daughter had to wait so long to get help is “mind-boggling,” Torres said.

“There was no control. That dude had control the entire 77 minutes,” said Torres, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. “They didn’t have him barricaded. He had the police barricaded outside. It’s plain and simple. The police didn’t go in. That’s your job: to go in.”

DPS officials did not respond to questions from ProPublica and the Tribune about the recordings. A spokesperson for the city of Uvalde, the police chief, the Uvalde mayor and the county’s chief executive declined to comment.

Communication was a key failure throughout the response. Many officers assumed the school police chief, Pete Arredondo, was in command. He did not have his radios with him, issued few orders and later said he never viewed himself as the officer in charge. County officials said emergency communications were overwhelmed in the rural community, which typically has only two dispatchers answering 911 calls and juggling the transmission of key information to emergency responders.

The emergency radio system has two 911 lines and three emergency channels. Its frequency is designed for the vast, 15,000-square-mile stretch of scrubby desert terrain, rather than for high-density urban areas where equipment must work inside buildings, said Forrest Anderson, the county’s emergency management coordinator who oversaw the radio system’s implementation two decades ago. A legislative committee that later examined the response noted that city police radios worked only intermittently inside the school.

Radio traffic and footage obtained by the news organizations show that some police knew about the 911 calls, but just how many officers remains unclear.

High-stakes emergency responses always have some communications gaps, but skilled incident commanders should be prepared to overcome such challenges, said Bob Harrison, a former California police chief and homeland security researcher at the Rand Corp., a national think tank.

Harrison noted that many of the radios used by Border Patrol agents also did not work during the Uvalde shooting response, but the agency’s SWAT team, which does not typically lead the response in school shootings because it is a federal agency focused on immigration and national security, mobilized to breach the classroom once it arrived and determined no one was in control.

“If a strong unifying command scene was set up quickly, these discrepancies wouldn’t have been necessarily relevant, and there would have been one voice and one command,” Harrison said of the problems with 911 and radio communication.

The state legislative committee reached a similar conclusion in its July investigative report, which stated that a capable incident commander would have realized that the radios were “mostly ineffective” and that responders needed other means of communication to transmit key details such as calls from victims inside the classrooms. The report highlighted that law enforcement is trained to be “prepared to respond effectively without reliable radio communications” and could employ a series of strategies including using “runners” to deliver messages in person.

But that day, children and teachers, including Martinez, waited to be rescued.

In the dark closet of room 116, Martinez stayed on the phone with a dispatcher and tried to practice a key tenet of the school’s active-shooter protocol: Be quiet.

CLASS SHOULD BE IN SESSION

When a new round of gunshots rang out from behind the closed door of the two adjoining classrooms, Uvalde police Sgt. Daniel Coronado sprinted outside, panting heavily as he relayed an urgent message on his radio to city police dispatchers.

“He’s inside the building,” Coronado said of the shooter at 11:38 a.m. “We have him contained.”

He asked for ballistic shields and requested that someone call DPS.

Then he repeated: “He’s contained. We’ve got multiple officers inside the building at this time. We believe he’s barricaded in one of the offices. Male subject is still shooting.”

Four minutes later, a male voice, unclear from which agency, asked that someone check the classroom of fourth-grade teacher Eva Mireles, a 44-year-old educator and the wife of Ruben Ruiz, a Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police officer. Mireles was assigned to classroom 112, one of two adjoining rooms where the shots were coming from.

“See if the class is in there right now or if they’re somewhere else,” the official said.

Then a Uvalde school district police officer came on the radio with a critical announcement: “The classroom should be in session right now. The class should be in session, Ms. Mireles.”

Another officer gasped.

“That’s going to be Ruben’s girl,” he said, referring to Mireles.

“Oh no, oh no,” Coronado muttered under his breath.

The exchange demonstrates some officers knew early on that the gunman was not barricaded alone in the classroom. More indicators, and clear confirmations, would come soon after — yet for much of the response, they would not be heard.

At 11:48 a.m., Ruiz, who was standing in the hallway outside of the classroom, told officers that his wife had been shot. Ruiz said his wife had called him and said she was “dying.” Mireles later died in an ambulance.

Officers escorted Ruiz outside, taking away his weapon for his safety, according to interviews officers at the scene later gave to the Texas Rangers. But they did not attempt to enter the classroom. One of the police lieutenants who heard Ruiz’s announcement told investigators that they were waiting for DPS and Border Patrol to arrive “with better equipment like rifle-rated shields.”

By that time, Martinez, the teacher, had been on the phone with 911 for more than 10 minutes. She had told the dispatcher that she could hear people in the hallway. The dispatcher urged her to stay quiet and remain barricaded in the closet.

“You still there with me?” the dispatcher asked at about 11:47 a.m.

“I’m still here,” Martinez whispered.

Misinformation spread as Martinez and other 911 callers waited to be rescued. At 11:50 a.m., a Uvalde school district police officer wrongly reported that the school chief was “in the room with the shooter,” referring to Arredondo by his call sign.

Seven minutes later, an officer asked if any children were inside with the gunman.

“No, we don’t know anything about that,” another officer replied on the radio.

“Everything is closed, like the kids are not in there,” a third responded.

About a minute later, an officer asked for the shooter’s location.

“The school chief of police is in there with him,” another officer replied.

As the back-and-forth continued, law enforcement officers rescued people from other classrooms. At 11:58 a.m., Martinez told the dispatcher that she again heard someone knocking. She said the person had identified themselves as a police officer.

“Open the door,” the dispatcher said, confirming that the person on the other side was law enforcement. “Stay on the line with me until you make contact with him.”

“I’m coming,” the teacher whispered.

Her sobs carried through the phone.

The teacher did not return calls and emails seeking comment.

CONFUSION MARKS RESPONSE

Some children in classrooms 111 and 112 with the gunman kept calling 911, seeking help even when they suspected it was not safe to speak. One of the first calls from a trapped student, at 12:03 p.m., was barely audible.

“There’s a school …” a muffled child’s voice reported, breaking up in the recording, “at Robb Elementary.”

The call lasted a minute and 24 seconds. The child was silent as the dispatcher asked their name and what room they were in.

“Hello, ma’am? Can you hear me?” the dispatcher asked.

Then at 12:10 p.m., Khloie called.

“There is a lot of bodies,” The New York Times previously reported that she told a dispatcher, adding that her teacher had been shot but was still alive.

Khloie stayed on the phone for more than 17 minutes. While she spoke, another city police dispatcher answered a call from DPS and erroneously reported that the school police chief was inside the classroom with the gunman.

“I have the school chief of the PD in room 111 or 112 with the active shooter, and they’re still standing by,” she said when the DPS dispatcher asked for an update. “We have multiple agencies on scene. I don’t know if you have anybody else to send out to help out?”

“We’re sending everybody that we can, um, heading out there, but do you have any injuries, fatals, anything?” the DPS dispatcher responded.

Only one female was shot, and perhaps an officer was injured, the Uvalde dispatcher replied.

A dispatcher’s voice crackled through the Uvalde police and Border Patrol radio traffic, notifying that she had a child on the line.

“The child is advising he is in the room full of victims, full of victims at this moment,” the dispatcher said.

Hallway surveillance video from inside the school at the time shows at least four law enforcement officials, one with a shield, kneeling outside the classroom door with their guns drawn.

It is not clear if the officers heard that message.

At 12:14 p.m., a state trooper’s body camera captured someone saying, “There’s victims in there, dude.” The trooper was standing outside a door to the school, with at least eight officers from different agencies visible from that camera angle.

“We need to get in there,” one responded.

No one did.

Five minutes later, another girl in room 111 called 911. The recording of the call, which lasted a minute and 17 seconds, is mostly inaudible.

In the hallway, Uvalde County Constable Emmanuel Zamora wrongly suggested that the gunman may have already shot himself.

“One shot at the end was self-inflicted, maybe,” Zamora said in the recording, referring to an earlier burst of gunfire.

Zamora did not respond to texts and emails about his comments, which had not been previously reported.

Arredondo, the school chief, can be heard on a state trooper’s body camera at 12:20 p.m. telling another officer: “We have victims in there. I don’t want to have any more. You know what I’m saying?”

It was the first time he acknowledged to other responders that anyone was wounded inside the two classrooms, according to new footage obtained by the news organizations. The legislative report noted only that he acknowledged “some casualties” 14 minutes later. Arredondo did not return a message seeking comment shared with him by his former attorney.

A minute later, the gunman fired again.

Officers in the hallway flinched, formed a line and started walking down the hall, then suddenly stopped, a state trooper’s body camera footage reveals.

Just after the shots were fired at 12:21 p.m., the school chief began trying to talk to the shooter for the first time, according to communications and records.

“If you can hear me, sir, please put your firearm down, sir,” Arredondo said. “We don’t want anyone else hurt.”

Just after 12:30 p.m., three troopers again advanced toward the classrooms before an unidentified person said “no, no, no,” according to body camera footage.

Once again, they stopped.

A DPS trooper who made his way into the hallway around that time asked another officer if there were children in the classroom. The response was, “We don’t know.”

By then, more than 20 minutes had lapsed since Khloie first begged a dispatcher for help. She ended the initial call when she feared the gunman, who she felt taunted the children, was getting close, her father later recalled.

She called 911 again at 12:36 p.m.

“There’s a school shooting,” Khloie said. “Yes, I’m aware,” the dispatcher responded. “I was talking to you earlier. You’re still there in your room? You’re still in room 112?” “Yeah,” Khloie replied. “OK. You stay on the line with me. Do not disconnect,” the dispatcher said.

“Can you tell the police to come to my room?” Khloie whispered. The dispatcher said: “I’ve already told them to go to the room. We’re trying to get someone to you.”

About two minutes later, Khloie once more asked for police.

Yet again, a dispatcher tried to reassure her.

“I have someone that is trying to get to you, OK,” she said.

Khloie whispered that she thought she heard the police next door.

“If you hear anyone come in, but they’re not supposed to be there, and they don’t say that they’re police, y’all pretend that you are asleep, OK?” the dispatcher replied.

“THAT WAS YOU?”

As the Border Patrol strike team was almost ready to breach, DPS Capt. Joel Betancourt went on the radio and ordered the agents to wait.

“The team that’s gonna breach needs to stand by,” Betancourt said at 12:50 p.m.

The captain did not respond to requests for comment left for him through DPS.

The team ignored the order and entered the classroom, quickly killing the shooter. The previously silent hallway filled with officers waiting to act.

Someone yelled, “Make a hole!” as police carried out wounded children. Law enforcement officers motioned for those who were not as severely injured to walk out on their own.

“Oh man, I guess there was more kids in that room,” a DPS special agent said, according to his body camera footage. “Yeah, he must have had some hostages,” another law enforcement officer replied.

As the onsite paramedics focused on the most critically injured, officers began taking other hurt children to the hospital. Khloie was among them.

“I was on the phone with a police officer,” she told the trooper examining her as the screams of other wounded children reverberated in the background.

The officer, whose body camera had earlier picked up a dispatcher describing that call, seemed surprised.

“Oh, that was you?” the trooper asked.

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This reaction is for season 4, fourteenth episode "Tongues Out" which originally aired on April 25, 2023. The episode was written by Bob Goodman and directed by Keith Tripler. Spoilers ahead!

This episode was wild from beginning to end. The stuff with Owen and Paul going all Scooby Doo Mysteries was pretty fun but it's actually Tommy's plot that takes the cake for me. I'm all about saving the best for last so let's talk about Owen first.

We pick up where we left off with the whole Owen dating a married woman who may or may not have killed her husband. Owen meets with his soon to be in-law, Gabriel Reyes (Benito Martinez) and is shown Brett Collier's autopsy report. Apparently prior to him freezing to death he was administered a paralyzing neurotoxin. Owen learns that Brett wasn't Kendra's first husband. Her first husband was a man named Logan Daniels. Their marriage was short-lived due to Logan falling over the balcony outside their hotel suite. Kendra insisted she had nothing to do with his death but Logan's parents suspected she killed him. With two husbands dead, it appears that Kendra Harrington (Michaela McManus) may be a black widow. Gabriel tells Owen to watch his back but the latter insists he has ended things with Ms. Harrington.

Owen returns to the firehouse and is accosted by Kendra who tells him she is the primary suspect in Brett's death. Owen lets on he knows about her first husband and Kendra says everything he's been told is a lie. She insists what happened to Logan Daniels was a terrible accident which she had nothing to do with. Owen points out that it looks super suspicious that both her husbands are dead under mysterious circumstances. Kendra counters that she had nothing to gain by killing her husband. Owen finally tells her he believes her and encourages her to turn off her phone since the Texas Rangers are trying to get in touch with her.

We then get a funny scene that only exists to remind us viewers that Paul is the most perceptive character on the show. When his pudding cup goes missing, Paul believes either Marjan, Mateo, Nancy, TK or Carlos is to blame. Paul accuses Carlos and our resident police officer admits to eating the pudding cup. Paul ends up getting recruited by Captain Strand to investigate the potential murder of Brett Collier in hopes of clearing Kendra's name. What's particularly funny about this is that once again, Carlos - the actual cop on this show - is sidelined in favor of another character with zero law enforcement background. We've seen this happen so many times and it makes me wonder, is Carlos Reyes a shitty cop? We very rarely, if ever, get to see him do police stuff and when we do finally get to see him do some police stuff he usually gets overshadowed by another character, namely Owen. Remember the missing little girl last season? Carlos solved that mystery yet Owen is the one who saves the day. Oh, and then there was the whole swatting situation involving the online gamer which he teamed up with Grace to solve and the result of that is Sergeant Athena Grant (Angela Bassett) making the arrest. I still believe one of the biggest missteps of the show is making Owen Strand a firefighter instead of a cop. Imagine if Owen Strand was chief of police and Carlos was one of his subordinates. TK could still be a firefighter and maybe Judd could be captain of the 126. We could still have our Tarlos romance with the added tension of Owen being Carlos' boss.

Anywho, I digress. Paul puts his detective skills to good use and we learn that Brett actually administered the neurotoxin himself. It was Brett trying to kill Kendra and not the other way around. His first attempt was disabling the brakes on her vehicle. When that backfired, he tried lacing a bottle of wine with insecticide. Unfortunately since he was working with one arm, he spilled some of the insecticide on his hand which was then absorbed through his skin. He then got in the cryotherapy chamber and froze to death because he was unable to get out of the machine due to being paralyzed. Kendra's name is cleared but she is poisoned when she drinks from the wine bottle Brett gave her for her birthday. Owen performs CPR on her and ends up getting poisoned as well. When he comes to, he is in a hospital room. Kendra, TK, Carlos, and Paul are present at his bedside. Gabriel Reyes drops by to apologize to Owen for being justifiably angry at him. I'm sorry but I don't think Gabriel was wrong about what he said to Owen. Some would argue that Gabriel should've never shared police information with Owen in the first place but I think he was coming from a place of this man is the father of the man my son is marrying and we're going to be family. Owen really nutted up by compromising an ongoing investigation which could have resulted in Gabriel losing his job so I don't think he should've gone easy on Owen.

Now let's talk about Tommy's storyline. Tommy Vega is still seeing Pastor Trevor Parks (DB Woodside) and regularly attends a bible study he leads along with her daughters and Grace Ryder. When Grace overhears a few gossipy church ladies insinuating Tommy and Trevor are doing something inappropriate, she tells her friend. Tommy is pretty chill about it and when Grace asks if she and Trevor have been intimate, she doesn't exactly give an answer. Now this is the part I found a wee bit unbelievable. Tommy and Grace are besties. Tommy is Grace's girl and vice-versa. These two have weathered a lot of storms together. Grace and Judd's accident. Tommy losing Charles and then hooking up with his brother, Julius. I would like to think that if there's anyone on the planet Tommy can be candid with regardly her romantic and sex life, it's Grace Ryder. I get the point the episode is trying to make. Regardless of what Tommy and Trevor are doing behind closed doors, it's no one's business. Yes, he may be a minister, a man of God, but he's still a man and therefore subject to the same follies as any other man. However, it's odd that Grace doesn't know more details about Tommy and Trevor's romance.

Unfortunately, Trevor isn't as chill about the idle gossip as Tommy is and he worries about his reputation. Trevor reveals the reason he left his last church and relocated to Austin, TX with his daughter. His ex-wife cheated on him with the choir director. The elders at the church removed him from his pastoral position because they believed him unfit to preside over their congregation since he couldn't even control his own marriage, How humiliating! And disgusting! Church people, I swear! As someone who grew up in the church, the Baptist church, something like this happening totally tracks with things I've seen. The worst part is that I totally get where Trevor is coming from. I just hate that Tommy's the collateral damage. Gina Torres does an amazing job in the scene where Trevor breaks up with Tommy. You could really feel how utterly heartbroken she was. This is the second heartbreak Tommy has endured since we met her in season two.

The best moment of the episode is when Tommy arrives at church looking like the Dark Phoenix in a stunning red pantsuit. Tommy walks down the center aisle drawing the attention of the entire congregation and commandeers the pulpit. She reads a scripture about gossipers and delivers a scathing speech to those who have judged her.

Tommy: "Keep thou tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile. Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy. The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, him I will not endure. Which is what I think is God's way of saying, 'If you can't say anything nice, keep your damn mouth shut'."

Cue me clutching my imaginary pearls! Tommy went off on those two old ladies and the best part of all is she called them by name. That's what I'm talking about, Tommy Vega! Tommy talks about how there is so much tragedy and meanness in the world and everyday she is fighting it. She says those things should be left outside the moment they all walk through the church doors. She then says that she shouldn't have to deal with negativity at church but if negativity comes her way, she will deal with it. She will not be shamed and she will not be driven from church. It should be noted that Grace, Judd and Trevor's daughter, Melody, are all in support of what Tommy is saying as well as most of the other churchgoers. When she finishes, she tells Trevor he can have the pulpit back and he kisses her. This is his way of letting her and the rest of the congregation know that he loves her. The congregation breaks out in applause and we have the end of our episode.

I really liked this episode. I thought both plots were great. It was nice getting to see Paul shine a bit more. I also love any occasion where we get to see the Tommy and Grace friendship. I found Owen endearing in this episode. Sometimes I have mixed feelings when Owen goes into detective mode but the writers made a great decision when they put Paul in the mix. I still think that moments like this render Carlos useless. We're four seasons into this show and at this point Carlos is there to be TK's fiance and someone who plays Settlers of Catan with the rest of the JV squad. I sort of got the impression that we'd see Carlos exploring becoming a detective this season after the amazing detective work he did last season but we've gotten nothing on that front. I like Carlos as a character. He provides some much-needed Latinx and gay representation to this show. However, what's the point of having him as a police officer when we rarely get to see him save the day. What makes things even worse is that his 9-1-1 counterpart, Athena Grant, is always saving the day. Anywho, enough about that. The episode was pretty great and it's definitely one worth rewatching. We only have a few episodes left this season so I'm pretty excited to see how things end. Until next time ...

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