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« on: January 21, 2026, 09:04:35 pm »
Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront gunman
Gonzales was charged with 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment in connection with the Uvalde shooting
 By Jasmine Baehr Fox News
Published January 21, 2026 8:46pm EST

A jury returned a not guilty verdict Wednesday evening in the trial of former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales, charged with 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment tied to the May 24, 2022 Robb Elementary shooting.

The jury deliberated for only 7 hours before returning the verdict.

Gonzales faced charges tied to the early minutes of the Robb Elementary attack. Nineteen children and two adults died in the shooting, which is the deadliest in Texas history according to the Texas Tribune.

His counsel brought up two witnesses to stand in his defense, Gonzales did not take the stand.

Former Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo was also criminally charged in relation to the 2022 shooting.

The Associated Press contributed to this reporting.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/jury-reaches-verdict-trial-ex-uvalde-school-police-officer-accused-failing-confront-gunman
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2026, 06:20:03 am »
Bad enough to be branded a coward.

Sad he didn't find the wherewithal to move in.
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2026, 07:56:01 am »
Wish I could find a link to the story but the sniper in  Austin, Texas in the 1960s was stopped by 3 guys, one a police officer who acted on their own to end the mayhem. One was Air Force vet (IIRC) and they acted as their own SWAT team rushing in to neutralize the threat....
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2026, 08:25:52 am »
Quote from: escapeefromtaxachusetts on January 22, 2026, 07:56:01 am
Wish I could find a link to the story but the sniper in  Austin, Texas in the 1960s was stopped by 3 guys, one a police officer who acted on their own to end the mayhem. One was Air Force vet (IIRC) and they acted as their own SWAT team rushing in to neutralize the threat....

Charles Whitman was the Texas Bell Tower sniper.

I believe he was yhe inspiration behind a Harry Chapin song, "Sniper"
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2026, 08:27:25 am »
Quote from: Wingnut on January 22, 2026, 08:25:52 am
Charles Whitman was the Texas Bell Tower sniper.

I believe he was yhe inspiration behind a Harry Chapin song, "Sniper"
R. Lee Ermey's character mentioned him in Full Metal Jacket, too
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2026, 08:55:39 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 22, 2026, 06:20:03 am
Bad enough to be branded a coward.

Sad he didn't find the wherewithal to move in.

I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I had done what he did.
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2026, 09:18:15 am »
Quote from: escapeefromtaxachusetts on January 22, 2026, 07:56:01 am
Wish I could find a link to the story but the sniper in  Austin, Texas in the 1960s was stopped by 3 guys, one a police officer who acted on their own to end the mayhem. One was Air Force vet (IIRC) and they acted as their own SWAT team rushing in to neutralize the threat....
https://crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/mass/whitman/

I lived in Austin during this incident and Whitman lived about a mile from my house.  My brother was on campus during it.  One of the guys at my high school was riding his bike down Guadalupe St and Whitman shot him in the leg.  He even shot a pregnant woman in the stomach, killing both her and the child.  The guy was a true marksman.

He was stopped by a cop who emptied his .38 into him and finally a shotgun blast to the head.  A friend of my dad.
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2026, 09:43:10 am »
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I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I had done what he did.
Absolutely
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2026, 09:51:52 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 22, 2026, 08:55:39 am
I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I had done what he did.

A coward dies a thousand deaths.
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2026, 10:31:55 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 22, 2026, 08:55:39 am
I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I had done what he did.
Maybe he can't. I don't know. Hopefully he will find some way to redeem himself. Really, you don't know how you are going to react until the sh*t hits the fan. Some do well, some do not.
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2026, 11:09:30 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 22, 2026, 10:31:55 am
Maybe he can't. I don't know. Hopefully he will find some way to redeem himself. Really, you don't know how you are going to react until the sh*t hits the fan. Some do well, some do not.
Had gunfire around me on several occasions. Reacted differently each time. The first time I ran like a little girl, but I was not responsible for anyone except myself that time. The other two times I made sure those around me were covered.
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2026, 11:17:20 am »
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Maybe he can't. I don't know. Hopefully he will find some way to redeem himself. Really, you don't know how you are going to react until the sh*t hits the fan. Some do well, some do not.

And some do well one time and not the next. I just know that I couldn't live with myself knowing that I had let a bunch of kids die.
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2026, 11:43:15 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 22, 2026, 11:17:20 am
And some do well one time and not the next. I just know that I couldn't live with myself knowing that I had let a bunch of kids die.
Me, neither. Never had to deal with gunfire much, but I have been in a few burning buildings in my Fireman days. Kids, especially, you search for. (You take out anyone there, but kids hide under beds and in closets and such...)
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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2026, 04:41:24 pm »
Smokin' Joe wrote:
"Bad enough to be branded a coward."


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Re: Jury reaches verdict in trial of ex-Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2026, 06:43:20 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 22, 2026, 10:31:55 am
Maybe he can't. I don't know. Hopefully he will find some way to redeem himself. Really, you don't know how you are going to react until the sh*t hits the fan. Some do well, some do not.



All this is true.  pointing-up I think we all know what we think we would do. And hopefully do. But the man will live with this his whole life. Not a position I would relish.
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