Overview
- Jury selection begins Monday at the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi after a change of venue from Uvalde.
- Adrian Gonzales has pleaded not guilty to 29 counts alleging he abandoned or endangered children during the response to the May 2022 attack that killed 19 students and two teachers.
- Defense attorneys say Gonzales moved toward the threat and plan to argue that poor performance does not constitute a crime.
- Legal experts say such prosecutions are uncommon and predict arguments will turn on duties of care and whether inaction can be charged as child endangerment.
- A police-training expert calls the response inept yet not necessarily criminal and urges revisions to active-shooter training, as victims’ families prepare to attend the proceedings.