Uvalde Trial Opening Statements: Prosecutor Says Adrian Gonzales Knew Shooter's Location — And Stayed Put
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🗓️ 6 January 2026
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Summary
The prosecution came out swinging in the Adrian Gonzales trial today. Special prosecutor Bill Turner delivered an emotional opening statement in Corpus Christi, laying out a timeline that showed the former Uvalde school cop allegedly knew exactly where the gunman was — before he even entered Robb Elementary — and failed to act.
Turner described how coach Melodye Flores told Gonzales where the shooter was heading. He described the gunman firing into classroom 102. Then 104. Then entering the building. After each moment, Turner repeated: "Adrian Gonzales remains." The prosecutor choked up as he told jurors Gonzales only went inside "after the damage was done."
Defense attorneys pushed back hard. Jason Goss told the jury Gonzales thought he was responding to a vehicle accident with an armed man — not a school shooting. Nico LaHood called the massacre "pure evil" but argued his client is being scapegoated for a systemic failure involving nearly 400 officers. The defense says Gonzales was among the first to enter the building and came under fire from gunman Salvador Ramos.
Gonzales faces 29 counts of child endangerment. Jury selection took 11 hours. The panel includes 11 women and five men. The trial is expected to last two weeks.
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| 0:36.9 | Opening statements happening in the Adrian Gonzalez trial. |
| 0:40.9 | This is, of course, the case of the Uvaldi school shooting. |
| 0:47.4 | Yeah, they probably brought back some memories just hearing that. |
| 0:50.4 | The prosecution came out with a strategy designed to make you feel every second of what those kids went through, and we're going to hear it word for word in just a moment. |
| 0:58.2 | Special prosecutor Bill Turner walked the jury through a minute-by-minute timeline, and he kept repeating the same phrase like a drumbeat. |
| 1:05.9 | Adrian Gonzalez remains. |
| 1:08.7 | The shooter fires into Room 102, Adrian Gonzalez remains. The shooter fires into room 102, Adrian Gonzalez, remains. The shooter moves to |
| 1:14.7 | room 104 and Adrian Gonzalez remains. The shooter enters the building and Adrian Gonzalez remains. |
| 1:21.1 | The defense says he's being scapegoated that he did what he could in a chaotic scene, that he thought |
| 1:26.8 | it was a car accident with a gun, |
| 1:28.9 | that he was one of the first into the building and took fire. |
| 1:33.5 | They want you to blame the system, not their client. |
| 1:36.8 | But the family's sitting in that courtroom. |
| 1:38.8 | They're not here for systematic critiques. |
| 1:42.7 | I want to know why the first cop on the scene |
| 1:44.2 | allegedly stayed put while their children were being killed. |
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