Overview
- After roughly seven hours of deliberation, a Nueces County jury found Gonzales not guilty in Corpus Christi.
- Gonzales had faced 29 counts of child endangerment tied to 19 students who were killed and 10 who survived, with up to two years in state jail per count.
- Prosecutors said he ignored active‑shooter training and failed to engage or delay the gunman, presenting body‑camera video, radio traffic, witness accounts and a Texas Ranger animation.
- The defense argued he never saw the shooter, acted within training under chaotic conditions, entered an early “hallway of death,” assisted evacuations and was scapegoated for broader failures.
- Former schools police chief Pete Arredondo remains charged in a separate, unscheduled case related to the Robb Elementary response.