Prosecutors rest in Uvalde officer's trial over response to 2022 school shooting

"Prosecutors on Tuesday rested in the trial of a former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer after more than a week of presenting a case to jurors that he failed in his duty to stop a gunman in the critical first minutes of the 2022 Robb Elementary School attack. The prosecution called a state investigator as their final witness in the case against Adrian Gonzales, who has pleaded not guilty to 29 counts child abandonment or endangerment."

"It was unclear if Gonzales will take the stand in his own defense before the case goes to the jury. His attorneys began their defense by calling to the stand a woman who worked across the street from the school who told jurors she saw the shooter ducking between cars and trying to stay out of view - testimony that could reinforce Gonzales' claims that he never saw the gunman."

Prosecutors rested after more than a week of testimony alleging that former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales failed to stop the Robb Elementary shooter in the attack's critical first minutes. Gonzales faces 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment and up to two years in prison if convicted. It remained unclear whether Gonzales would testify. The defense called a witness who said she saw the shooter ducking between cars, a statement that could support claims Gonzales never saw the gunman. Nine days of testimony included emotional teacher accounts, graphic classroom photos, and officers describing chaotic response efforts; one spectator was removed after an outburst.

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