Trial for officer accused of failing to protect children during Uvalde shooting : NPR
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Key Points:
- Adrian Gonzales, a former Uvalde schools officer, goes on trial facing 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment for his alleged failure to protect children during the 2022 Uvalde school shooting, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers.
- Gonzales and former police chief Pete Arredondo are the only officers charged in connection with the delayed law enforcement response, which took 77 minutes before officers confronted and killed the shooter.
- The indictment claims Gonzales failed to engage or delay the shooter despite hearing gunfire and being aware of the shooter's location, violating active shooter protocols and placing children in imminent danger.
- Prosecutors face challenges in securing a conviction, as juries are often reluctant to convict
