Former Uvalde Officer Acquitted of Child Abandonment and Endangerment Charges Related to Texas Elementary School Shooting

A former police officer was acquitted Wednesday evening of charges he failed in his duties to confront the gunman at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, during the critical opening minutes of what would become one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

Jurors deliberated for more than seven hours before finding former Uvalde schools police officer Adrian Gonzalez, 52, not guilty in the first trial over the hesitant law enforcement response to the attack that killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022.

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