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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Former Uvalde CISD officer Adrian Gonzales is in court again Tuesday morning as emotional testimony continues from yesterday.
Gonzales is being charged with 29 counts of abandoning or endangering a child. Prosecutors say he didn't act quickly enough during the 2022 massacre, where 19 students and two teachers were killed.
Testimony began at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.
Surviving teacher's testimony
The backstory:
On Monday, one teacher's recollection of that day was flagged for discrepancies before the judge ultimately decided to strike her comments from the record. Soon after, emotional testimony was given by a teacher injured in the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
Arnulfo Reyes, continued his testimony on Tuesday. He was a teacher working inside the school when the gunman walked into his classroom and opened fire. Reyes survived by playing dead but none of his students survived.
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Uvalde teacher recalls playing dead to survive massacre
Jurors heard emotional testimony on Monday in the trial for a former Uvalde police officer accused of failing to protect students. Arnulfo Reyes was a teacher working inside Classroom 111 when the gunman walked in and opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. He told jurors he survived by playing dead. None of his students survived.
Reyes described gruesome testimony describing that the shooter shot at him, striking him in the arm. That gunman then came back into his classroom and taunted Reyes, before shooting him again in the back.
No questions were asked about Adrian Gonzales during the teacher’s testimony, but the defense did point out that Reyes did not get a notification from the school's emergency alert system or hear an announcement from their intercom system. Reyes is the 19th witness to testify in the trial.
The list of witnesses on Tuesday
- Arnulfo Reyes
- Elsa Avila - Uvalde ISD 4th grade teacher
- Erin Robin - Uvalde ISD 2nd grade teacher
- Sgt. Joe Vasquez - Zavala County sheriff's deputy who was off duty at the time of the shooting. His daughter was in attendance at Robb Elementary that day. She was a 4th grader.
Outburst in the court
Just before the court's lunch recess, after Sgt. Vasquez's testimony, a woman from the gallery made an outburst.
"You know who went into the fatal funnel? My sister went into the fatal funnel. Did she need a key? Why do you need a key? Wasn't it locked? Y'all are saying she didn't lock the door, she went into the fatal funnel," the woman yelled as bailiffs escorted her out.
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Woman at Uvalde school shooting trial has outburst in courtroom
A woman in the gallery of the courtroom where the trial of a former Uvalde school police officer is being held was escorted out of the room after she yelled after a witness testified.
Then, the judge spoke to those in the courtroom, saying, "I want this case to go to verdict. Any further outbursts will just echo the attempt for another motion for mistrial. So please think about that. We're trying to get this case to the jury, and these are not helping and, soon enough, if it continues, I will have no choice but to grant a mistrial. So please think about that. OK, we're in recess until 1:30."
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Uvalde shooting trial: Judge warns of mistrial
During Tuesday's testimony, just after a witness was excused from the stand, a woman made an outburst in the gallery. She was escorted from the courtroom. Afterward, the judge talked about how outbursts like that would give him no choice but to call a mistrial.
Images from inside Robb Elementary School
Dig deeper:
Last week, powerful new images of the destruction of Robb Elementary School were shown to the juror depicting the day of the May 2022 shooting. Prosecutors presented dozens of photos of new evidence throughout the school, documenting the damage left behind.
Witness testimony was heard from former teachers who were sheltered in classrooms, parents of children who lost their lives and district employees who were on the scene during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Forensic experts and federal agents also weighed in on video from the shooting and evidence examined at the scene. Texas Ranger and bullet trajectory analyst Kevin Wright testified that many of the bullets traveled from the outside of the building, into classrooms and to adjoining rooms.
Testimony from victim's parent
The mother of one shooting victim, 9-year-old Eliana Garcia, gave her recollection of the day of the shooting. Jennifer Garcia said Eliana had asked to come home early that day, but Jennifer told her to stay to participate in an end-of-year pizza party with her class.
Eliana Garcia
Eliana would have turned 10 on June 4, just a week after the shooting.
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Mother of Uvalde school shooting victim testifies
Jennifer Garcia, the mother of Ellie Garcia, recalls the day of the shooting at Robb Elementary. Garcia remembers being told about the shooting and waiting to find out what had happened to her daughter.
Big picture view:
Nearly 400 officers responded to the school on May 24, 2022. More than 70 minutes passed before a tactical team entered, killing the shooter.
Read more:
- Jury selected for trial of Uvalde officer charged with child endangerment
- Uvalde school shooting trial closes for day; set to resume Thursday
- Uvalde school shooting trial: Judge denies mistrial motion after 'discrepancies' in teacher's testimony
- Uvalde shooting trial: Judge tosses teacher’s emotional testimony
- Uvalde shooting trial: Mother of victim testifies as prosecution of former police officer continues
- Surviving teacher testifies in 2nd week of Uvalde school shooting trial
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The Source: Information in this article was provided by previous FOX 4 and FOX 7 reporting.