They Hid Under Their Desks. He Shot Through Them | Adrian Gonzales Trial Day 4
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🗓️ 12 January 2026
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Summary
The first week of testimony in the Adrian Gonzales trial ended with prosecutors bringing the jury inside Room 111 — the classroom where the Uvalde massacre happened. Former Texas Ranger Juan Torrez testified about photographing the scene hours after the May 24, 2022 shooting that killed 19 children and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School.
Torrez described the room as "in disarray" with "a lot of shell casings, a lot of blood, a lot of blood swipes." Jurors saw photographs showing pools of blood, drag marks from when bodies were removed, bloodstains on desks and textbooks, and a tennis shoe covered in blood. The gunman's weapon was found in a closet, equipped with a "hellfire" trigger system that can make a semi-automatic rifle fire like a fully automatic weapon.
The most devastating evidence: pink and yellow rods placed in bullet cavities showed the trajectory of the gunfire. The shooter fired downward — through the desks — at children who were hiding underneath, following their lockdown training.
Before showing the photos, Judge Harle warned the gallery they would be "shocking and gruesome." Every family member stayed. The courtroom fell silent for over an hour.
Adrian Gonzales, the first officer on scene, is charged with 29 counts of child endangerment for allegedly failing to confront the shooter despite knowing his location. The defense argues he acted on the information available in a chaotic situation.
Week 2 begins Monday.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:03.2 | Here now, Tony Bruske. |
| 0:07.2 | The prosecution showed the jury what happened inside room 111 just the other day in the trial of Adrian Gonzalez in relation to the Uvaldi massacre. |
| 0:20.5 | They showed it not with words, but with photojournalism. in relation to the Uvaldi massacre. |
| 0:25.3 | They showed it not with words, but with photographs. |
| 0:30.1 | And here's the detail that's going to stay with everyone who heard it. |
| 0:39.0 | The detail that cut through all of the legal arguments, all the motions, all the back and forth about Brady violations and witness credibility. |
| 0:46.5 | Investigators placed pink and yellow rods in the bullet cavities left in the walls, furniture, the floor. |
| 0:52.3 | Those rods, they did something specific. They showed trajectory, the direction of the gunfire. |
| 0:57.7 | Why does this matter? Oh, it positions the shooter in specific locations so they can figure out where he was at what time. And here's a |
| 1:03.1 | disturbing piece of it. The shooter fired downward through desks at children who were hiding |
| 1:09.9 | underneath. |
| 1:19.0 | While Adrian Gonzalez heard the shots and, you know, decided he to do something else. |
| 1:32.6 | All that training, all that first responder active shooter training out the window fourth graders following lockdown protocol crouched under their desk in the dark just like they'd been taught because hiding under your |
| 1:37.8 | desk is a great idea i know it's what we teach and i think half of what we teach is utterly insane because it worked out so well they did it do you know it's what we teach is And I think half of what we teach is utterly insane. |
| 1:46.8 | Because it worked out so well, didn't it? |
| 1:49.8 | Lights off, stay quiet. |
| 1:51.0 | And yes, I agree with that. |
| 1:53.6 | When our response is all so well, arm yourself with friskers and hope for the best. |
| 2:00.2 | And I know, and I'm not faulting the teacher. |
| 2:01.8 | She was doing what she could do the best with the resources. |
| 2:05.0 | She was given, the one that testified. |
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