Overview
- Jury selection starts Monday at the Nueces County Courthouse after a change of venue to Corpus Christi, with about 450 potential jurors summoned.
- Adrian Gonzales has pleaded not guilty to 29 state jail felony counts of abandoning or endangering a child, which carry up to two years in prison and allow for probation.
- Prosecutors say Gonzales ignored active-shooter training, while his defense argues he worked to evacuate other students.
- Prosecutors have issued 75 subpoenas, signaling extensive testimony that is expected to unfold over weeks and will be livestreamed once the jury is seated.
- Victims’ relatives plan to attend proceedings in Corpus Christi, and only Gonzales and former schools police chief Pete Arredondo have been charged from the response.