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Jury Selection Begins in Corpus Christi for Ex-Uvalde School Officer Accused of Endangering Children

The case tests whether a responding officer can face criminal liability for failing to confront an active shooter.

Former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police officer Adrian Gonzales arrives at the Uvalde County Courthouse, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Uvalde, Texas. Gonzales made his first court appearance on charges of abandoning and failing to protect children. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A couple visits memorial crosses in front of Robb Elementary School, as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces the results of a review into the law enforcement response to a 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., January 18, 2024.
A memorial dedicated to the 19 children and two adults murdered in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School is seen on May 24, 2023, one year after their deaths.
An aerial view of Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, on November 29, 2022.

Overview

  • Adrian Gonzales has pleaded not guilty to 29 state-jail-felony counts alleging he placed children in imminent danger by failing to engage, distract or delay the gunman at Robb Elementary.
  • The trial was moved from Uvalde to Corpus Christi to seat an impartial jury, with several hundred prospective jurors completing questionnaires under Judge Sid Harle.
  • Prosecutors issued more than 75 subpoenas for witnesses including law enforcement officers, teachers, medical personnel and victims’ families, signaling a wide evidentiary scope.
  • If convicted, Gonzales faces between six months and two years in state jail and could be eligible for probation under Texas law.
  • Gonzales is one of two officers charged in the response; former schools police chief Pete Arredondo awaits a separate, unscheduled trial as proceedings here are expected to last weeks and be livestreamed once a jury is seated.