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Trial begins for officer accused of failing to protect children during Uvalde shooting

National Trial begins for officer accused of failing to protect children during Uvalde shooting January 5, 20263:12 AM ET By The Associated Press Flowers and candles are placed around crosses to honor the victims killed in a school shooting, May 28, 2022, outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C.

Trial begins for officer accused of failing to protect children during Uvalde shooting

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Key Highlights

  • Hong/AP CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack, when authorities waited more than an hour to confront the gunman.
  • Law Justice Department report finds 'cascading failures' in response to Uvalde attack Adrian Gonzales, a former Uvalde schools officer, faces 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment in a rare prosecution of an officer accused of not doing more to stop a crime and protect lives.
  • The teenage gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary in one of deadliest school shootings in U. S.
  • history.
  • Nearly 400 officers from state, local and federal law enforcement agencies responded to the school, but 77 minutes passed from the time authorities arrived until a tactical team breached the classroom and killed the shooter, Salvador Ramos.
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