{"id":115962,"date":"2026-01-08T20:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115962\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:46:09","slug":"jury-hears-911-call-from-robb-elementary-as-teacher-urged-children-to-safety-newspressnow-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115962\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury hears 911 call from Robb Elementary as teacher urged children to safety -newspressnow.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke, CNN<\/p>\n

Corpus Christi, Texas (CNN) \u2014 Family members wept in court on Thursday as they listened to a 911 call pleading for help at Robb Elementary School when a gunman entered the campus and began shooting.<\/p>\n

The jury watched intently as witness Amy Marin described running to get her phone to call 911 about a vehicle crash, only for concern to turn to panic when the truck driver emerged with a gun.<\/p>\n

The call played in court captured her urging children to get to their rooms, as previously reported<\/a> by CNN.<\/p>\n

Marin, who had been planning a party for her after-school class on the day of the massacre, took several moments to compose herself after listening to the call.<\/p>\n

Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell asked Marin what happened after the gunman entered her building.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shots wouldn\u2019t stop. They were just going round after round,\u201d she said, her body shaking. \u201cI thought he\u2019s going to kill me; I\u2019m going to die.\u201d<\/p>\n

Defense lawyer Nico LaHood asked her about the policies regarding door locks at Robb Elementary and other schools.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jury told to ignore teacher\u2019s words: Emotional testimony from a Robb Elementary teacher about a gunman walking onto campus will not be considered by the jury deciding whether a school district police officer could have done more to stop the massacre.<\/p>\n

Defense lawyer Jason Goss got witness Stephanie Hale to agree Thursday that she had not mentioned seeing the shooter or indications of gunshots when interviewed by investigators four days after the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022.<\/p>\n

Hale said she met with investigators because it was mandatory, but did not think she had important information to share. She said the questions asked later, by the grand jury and by prosecutors preparing for trial, were more specific.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, she testified to seeing the armed man on campus, specifically in the general area where former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District officer Adrian Gonzales would arrive \u2014 a fact the defense said had not been shared.<\/p>\n

Gonzales has pleaded not guilty to 29 counts of endangering or abandoning a child. He is the first officer to face trial in connection with the disastrous law enforcement response to the massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers and injured others. His former boss, Pete Arredondo, has pleaded not guilty to separate charges, but a trial date has not been set.<\/p>\n

Judge Sid Harle rejected a motion for a mistrial<\/a> over the omission on Wednesday but granted the defense\u2019s request to strike her entire testimony from the record and instructed the jury not to rely on any part of it. The prosecution objected.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe failure to turn over that specific piece of critical evidence has put us to a disadvantage with this witness, has put us to a disadvantage with our theory,\u201d Goss said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that (allowing the witness testimony) will affect the due process rights of the defendant and our ability to continue in the defense of the case in the way that we had set it up and prepared for the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harle said he would \u201creluctantly\u201d instruct the jury to disregard all of Hale\u2019s testimony.<\/p>\n

CNN\u2019s Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman reported from Corpus Christi and Rachel Clarke wrote in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

The-CNN-Wire
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