Nearly four years after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the criminal trial of former school police officer Adrian Gonzales has begun. Gonzales faces 29 felony counts of abandoning or endangering a child.
as a gunman massacred 19 students and two teachers — with the officer only finally entering the building “after the damage had been done,” a prosecutor charged during opening statements Tuesday. Adrian Gonzales, a former Uvalde schools officer, didn’t try to stop or distract the teen shooter, Salvador Ramos, when he saw him outside Robb Elementary, even though a teacher had signaled in the direction of Ramos for Gonzales, special prosecutor Bill Turner told jurors in Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas .
Former school police officer Adrian Gonzales failed to act until it was too late when a gunman opened fire, killing students and teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.Officer accused of failing to protect children in Uvalde school shooting set to stand trialHis lawyer, Nico LaHood, in his own opening statements told jurors his client helped clear kids from the school as other cops were arriving. “The government wants it to seem like he just sat there,” LaHood told the jury. “He did what he could, with what he knew at the time.” And Gonzales’ other lawyer, Jason Goss, said Gonzales was trying to figure out where Ramos was — all while believing he was being fired at while he wasn’t wearing protective gear.Goss also implied that Gonzales is just one of some 400 law enforcement that could be blamed in the incident, adding that the school security team was understaffed and the police response policy was lacking. And prosecutors would unfairly seek to use graphic and emotional photos of the scene to get a conviction of Gonzales, Goss said.“What the prosecution wants you to do is get mad at Adrian,” Goss said. “They are going to try to play on your emotions.”But Turner said as part of Gonzales’ police training, as a cop of 10 years, he should have ran toward danger. Meanwhile, terrified teachers and kids were forced to hide inside their classrooms and grab scissors “to confront a gunman … They did as they had been trained,” Turner said during his emotional statements.Velma Lisa Duran, the sister of teacher Irma Garcia who was killed in the ambush, attended court Tuesday and ripped Gonzales in a statement to reporters.She also accused cops of doing nothing while her sister “died protecting children.”Mystery deepens as family of slain Ohio dentist, wife pour cold water on eerie surveillance videoDeath row inmate reveals heartbreaking email he received from Michele Reiner night before she and Rob were killedInside Caroline Kennedy’s plans to help late daughter Tatiana’s young children remember their mom‘Jack Ryan’ Clip From 2019 Goes Viral For Predicting Venezuela Would Be A “Major Threat On The World Stage” Amid 2026 U.S. InvasionFormer school police officer Adrian Gonzales failed to act until it was too late when a gunman opened fire, killing students and teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
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