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Acquitted Uvalde Officer Speaks:  He Has “No Regrets”

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Society & Culture

3.5697 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Former Uvalde police officer Adrian Gonzales is speaking out for the first time since a Texas jury found him not guilty on 29 counts of child endangerment. Gonzales became emotional as he described how he simply followed orders and did the best he could with the information he had. He also talks about what his life is like now and why he’s gearing up for “the second battle.”

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.3

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.0

Hey there, everybody.

0:07.6

Welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J.

0:09.9

It is Friday, January 23rd, and we are hearing for the very first time that acquitted

0:16.6

Yuvaldi police officer after he received a not guilty verdict on those 29 counts of child

0:23.9

endangerment for his role as he was called to the scene of the Rob Elementary School Massacre.

0:32.1

And with that, everyone, thank you so much for being here.

0:35.1

He was very, very emotional in this interview.

0:38.6

You know what? It came late. I don't know how they edited this thing, but I was expecting

0:43.8

to hear more from him. He's sitting there flinged by his attorneys, and they did most of the talking,

0:47.3

quite frankly. And he's defiant. He's defending himself. He got emotional at the end.

0:52.6

And look, there are some parts that your heart, you're in conflict with this guy.

0:58.0

Because he does stand by his actions. And when I say actions, a lot of people would say his inaction that day.

1:05.0

Because prosecutors, and obviously they pursued these charges against him because they said it was his in action on that

1:12.9

day that contributed to the deaths of 19 children and two teachers. A jury disagreed with that.

1:20.0

But we all, I think at this point, know the story. It took law enforcement 77 minutes to ultimately

1:26.1

confront that gunman. And Gonzalez was the first,

1:30.9

if not one of the first officers on the scene that day. And by most accounts, people who were there,

1:37.2

he was on the scene before the gunman actually went into Robb Elementary School, and that is one of the main reasons

1:46.9

prosecutors pursued those charges against him. But Gonzalez, defiant is a good word, that he was

1:53.9

defiant in this interview. Well, defending himself. I should say because defiant almost

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