Overview
- Adrian Gonzales was found not guilty on 29 counts of endangering or abandoning minors after about seven hours of jury deliberation.
- Prosecutors said he failed to follow active-shooter training and did not try to stop the gunman, while the defense argued he never saw the attacker and worked to evacuate students.
- The three-week trial was moved from Uvalde to Corpus Christi over concerns about finding an impartial jury, and Gonzales did not testify.
- Family members of victims voiced anger in court as the case revisited the 77-minute delay before a tactical team killed the shooter, which a 2024 DOJ review tied to cascading command failures.
- Former school police chief Pete Arredondo remains criminally charged in a separate case with no trial date set, and a similar 2018 Florida case ended in acquittal.