Prosecutors rest in Uvalde officer’s trial over response to 2022 school shooting | Texas

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. He faces up to two years in prison if convicted.

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