Uvalde teaching aide says she begged officer Gonzales to intervene: 'He just stayed there'
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Key Points:
- Melodye Flores, a teaching aide at Robb Elementary, testified that she repeatedly urged school police officer Adrian Gonzales to stop the shooter Salvador Ramos, but Gonzales did not intervene.
- Prosecutors allege Gonzales failed to follow training and endangered students during the 2022 Uvalde school shooting, while his defense argues he is being unfairly blamed for broader law enforcement failures.
- Flores described seeing Ramos near the school and warning Gonzales multiple times as the shooter entered the fourth-grade building, but Gonzales remained outside and did not act.
- The defense questioned Flores' memory reliability, noting inconsistencies in her description of Gonzales' appearance and vehicle.
- Gonzales testified in an earlier interview that he attempted
