Adrian Gonzales Trial Day 1: "He Knew Where The Shooter Was" — Opening Statements Reveal Prosecution's Case
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Opening statements began today in the trial of former Uvalde school officer Adrian Gonzales, and the prosecution held nothing back. Special prosecutor Bill Turner used a minute-by-minute timeline to show the jury exactly what Gonzales allegedly did — and didn't do — as a gunman executed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary.
Turner's most damning line: Gonzales was told by a coach where the shooter was heading. He heard the shots. He radioed that the shooter was wearing black and was in the parking lot. And according to the prosecution, "Adrian Gonzales remains" — at the south side of the school — while the gunman entered the building and opened fire. Turner says Gonzales only went inside "after the damage was done."
The defense called it a chaotic scene. Attorney Jason Goss said Gonzales believed he was responding to a vehicle accident involving a man with a gun. Nico LaHood told jurors that "pure evil" visited Uvalde that day, but said his client did everything he could under the circumstances and was among the first to enter the building.
The jury — 11 women and five men — will hear from FBI agents, Texas Rangers, and families over the next two weeks. Gonzales faces 29 felony counts of child endangerment.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. Here now, Tony Brewski. Opening statements happening in the Adrian Gonzalez trial. This is, of course, the case of the Uvaldi school shooting. Yeah, they probably brought back some memories just hearing that. The prosecution came out with a strategy designed to make you feel every second of what those kids went through, |
| 0:25.4 | and we're going to hear it word for word in just a moment. |
| 0:28.1 | Special prosecutor Bill Turner walked the jury through a minute-by-minute timeline, |
| 0:32.4 | and he kept repeating the same phrase like a drumbeat. |
| 0:35.8 | Adrian Gonzalez remains. The shooter fires into room 102, |
| 0:41.2 | Adrian Gonzalez remains. The shooter moves to room 104 and Adrian Gonzalez remains. The shooter enters |
| 0:48.2 | the building and Adrian Gonzalez remains. The defense says he's being scapegoated that he did what he could |
| 0:54.0 | in a chaotic scene, |
| 0:56.0 | that he thought it was a car accident with a gun, that he was one of the first into the building |
| 1:01.9 | and took fire. They want you to blame the system, not their client. But the family is sitting in |
| 1:07.7 | that courtroom. They're not here for systematic critiques i want to know why |
| 1:13.0 | the first cop on the scene allegedly stayed put while their children were being killed |
| 1:17.5 | here's the footage in that courtroom you might make your opening statement thank you all right please |
| 1:22.5 | the court It was a war state at Rob O'Nemford. |
| 1:37.3 | The fourth graders lined up around the morning and gathered at the cafeteria with their parents. |
| 1:48.3 | To receive certificates of achievement, |
| 1:51.6 | was a day of celebration. |
| 1:57.9 | After the celebration, they returned to their homes and to their classes. |
| 2:03.6 | They turned off the lights and they watched movies because it was a day. It was a light day. |
| 2:09.6 | Some of the kids got to go to recess. |
| 2:13.6 | Just down the road was Hillcrest's funeral home. |
| 2:19.3 | And Amanda Gilbert Lemaughan was working at the funeral home. |
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