Nineteen students and two teachers were killed.
FILE – Flowers and candles are placed around crosses to honor the victims killed in a school shooting, May 28, 2022, outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. heads into a second week Monday with prosecutors continuing to press their case that he did nothing in the early moments to stop the gunman.
George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increasedJudge says she’ll hold a limited hearing on seizure of Luigi Mangione’s backpackAdrian Gonzales, 52, a former Uvalde schools police officer, was among the first officers to arrive on the scene as the gunman approached the school. Gonzales hasThe May 24, 2022, attack is one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. It left 19 students and two teachers dead.included dramatic replays of the initial emergency calls, testimony from teachers who huddled with terrified students, and the mother of one of the victims recounting how her daughter had asked to leave school early that day. The trial’s second week could include testimony from experts in police training and more families of the victims. It was unclear if Gonzales planned to testify in his own defense. Former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales arrives in the courtroom at the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. Gonzales was among the first of more than 370 federal, state and local officers to arrive at the school. It would take more than an hour for a tactical team to go into a classroom and kill 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos. The trial is tightly focused on Gonzales’ actions. Prosecutors allege he abandoned his active shooter training and did not try to engage or distract the gunman outside the school. They said he failed again minutes later when a group of officers went inside the school only to retreat when they came under heavy gunfire.“When a child calls 911, we have a right to expect a response,” special prosecutor Bill Turner said in opening statements. Gonzales’ attorneys said he never saw the gunman outside the school. They also said Gonzales helped students evacuate from other classrooms and noted how the gunman was able to quickly get inside through an unlocked door. Attorney Nico LaHood makes opening arguments during a trial for former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales at the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. asked to leave school early after an awards program. But the family had already given her teacher a little bit of money to pitch in for a class pizza and movie party.The family was among the last to learn that night that their daughter had died. Several Robb teachers and a staff member described the terror of seeing the gunman approach and hearing the booming staccato of gunfire. They described following their training for active shooter situations: locking classroom doors, turning out the lights and keeping the children quiet. “I told them I loved them,” said teacher Lynn Deming, who was wounded by shrapnel when a classroom window was shot out. “I wanted to tell them it would be OK, but I wasn’t sure. I wanted to make sure the last thing they heard was that somebody loved them.” Jurors also saw photos from the classrooms that showed large amounts of blood and the dead gunman. A medical examiner described the wounds to the children, noting several were shot at least a dozen times.Prosecutors focused heavily on a trail of bullets and shell casings left as the gunman fired his rifle outside the school. They hope to show the jury that Gonzales should have been close enough to the gunman to see him shooting and confront him in the early moments. Prosecutors had a setback when the testimony of the first teacher to testify was dismissed by the judge. She described running with children from the playground, seeing a gunman dressed in black with a rifle, and puffs of smoke in the dirt from bullets as he fired. Defense lawyers complained her detailed description of the gunman — which would help place him near Gonzales — was new evidence that was not disclosed before trial. Judge Sid Harle denied their request for a mistrial but instructed the jury to disregard her testimony.The trial is a rare case in which a police officer could be convicted of allegedly failing to act to stop a crime and protect lives. Gonzales and former Uvalde schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo are the only two responding officers that day to face charges. Arredondo’s trial has not yet been set.Nick Canepa’s Report Card: Chargers fail, flail in playoff loss to PatriotsTwo tall buildings would complete downtown Oceanside’s master planA gorgeous superbloom might take root at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park San Diego’s pension jump could be four times as painful as previously thought, as payment hits recordBob Weir’s proposed Old Globe musical followed his arrest at a San Diego Grateful Dead show
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