CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2013 The end of the first week of an ex-Uvalde school district police officer\u2019s child endangerment trial provided another denied mistrial request, victims\u2019 autopsy reports and harrowing testimony from a Robb Elementary School victim\u2019s mother. <\/p>\n
Jennifer Garcia, the mother of Eliahna Garcia, was called to the stand Friday afternoon. Her daughter, 9, was among the 19 children killed at the school.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wanted to come home,\u201d Garcia told the court. \u201cShe asked if she could come home, but I told her, \u2018No. Just stay in school.\u2019 … They were all going to pitch in for pizza and have, like, a fun day kind of thing. … I told her I would pick her up later.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jurors returned to the courtroom Monday morning for the fifth day of the Adrian Gonzales<\/a> trial. <\/p>\n Due to his response to the Robb Elementary School<\/a> shooting in Uvalde, Gonzales has been accused and charged with endangering the lives of 29 children on May 24, 2022. <\/p>\n The timeline of events from Friday\u2019s court proceedings in Corpus Christi can be found here<\/a>. <\/p>\n Below is a timeline of Monday\u2019s court proceedings from the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi. <\/p>\n 9:03 a.m. – Jurors entered the courtroom.<\/p>\n Former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales sits in court during his child endangerment trial on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 9:04 a.m. – The prosecuted called Terry Snyder to the stand. Snyder is a Texas Ranger with the Texas Department of Public Safety. <\/p>\n Bill Turner, a special prosecutor assigned by Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell to this case, began a line of questioning. <\/p>\n 9:08 a.m. – As a part of the Texas Rangers\u2019 crime scene team, Snyder said he was dispatched to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, 2022. He told the court he arrived at the school at \u201caround 5:30 that afternoon.\u201d <\/p>\n 9:09 a.m. – Snyder said he was assigned to help with \u201cidentifying and removing bodies from (Rooms) 111 and 112 (at Robb Elementary School).\u201d <\/p>\n According to Snyder, investigators were able to identify the victims based on \u201cclothing or what they were wearing or by the class roster that was within the classroom.\u201d <\/p>\n 9:10 a.m. – On the following day \u2014 May 25, 2022 \u2014 Snyder said he and another Texas Ranger were tasked with identifying \u201cand mark cartridge cases that were in the hallways of the school.\u201d<\/p>\n Terry Snyder, a Texas Ranger with the Texas Department of Public Safety, testified in court during the trial of former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 9:13 a.m. – Turner showed Snyder several photos from inside Robb Elementary School. He then asked Snyder if the photos were \u201cfair and accurate representations of your work in the hallways of Robb Elementary.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir. They are,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n 9:19 a.m. – Photos were shown to the court. Per presiding Judge Sid Harle\u2019s order, some of these photos were not shown on the livestream due to their graphic nature. <\/p>\n 9:25 a.m. – Other photos shown to the court included a shell casing and an unidentified law enforcement officer\u2019s body-worn camera that fell off their gear. <\/p>\n Other photos shown to the court included an unidentified law enforcement officer\u2019s body-worn camera that fell off their gear in the trial of ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales’ trial on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 9:34 a.m. – Photos of fired cartridge casings were shown to the court. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd are these all belong(ing) to a rifle?\u201d Turner asked Snyder. <\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s correct. Yes,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n 9:40 a.m. – Snyder said some casings recovered from the school belonged to law enforcement while others came from the shooter. <\/p>\n 9:42 a.m. – Turner passed the witness. The defense, specifically Adrian Gonzales\u2019 co-defense attorney Gary Hillier, began cross-examining Snyder. <\/p>\n The defense, specifically ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales\u2019 co-defense attorney Gary Hillier, began cross-examining Terry Snyder with the Texas Rangers on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 9:50 a.m. – Hillier asked Snyder about \u201cthe west door\u201d that was unlocked, the door through which the gunman entered the school. <\/p>\n \u201cIf that door had been locked, that might have changed things, right?\u201d Hillier asked Snyder. <\/p>\n \u201cObviously. Yes,\u201d Snyder answered. <\/p>\n 9:58 a.m. – Hillier asked Snyder about a \u201cfatal funnel\u201d concept in law enforcement, which \u2014 according to Hillier \u2014 \u201can open space where there\u2019s no cover and it\u2019s difficult to tactically move.\u201d <\/p>\n 9:59 a.m. – \u201cIt\u2019s an extremely dangerous situation for a law enforcement person, and all military, entering that fatal funnel?\u201d Hiller asked.<\/p>\n \u201cSure,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd you\u2019d agree with me that a fatal funnel could be an open doorway, right?\u201d Hillier asked. <\/p>\n \u201cSure,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cIt could be a stairwell?\u201d Hillier asked. <\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cBut it could also be a corridor, a hallway, right?\u201d Hillier asked. <\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n 10 a.m. – Under the premise of a hypothetical situation, Hillier asked Snyder if \u201canyone entering this (the school) is entering a fatal funnel?\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n 10:01 a.m. – Hillier passed the witness back to the prosecution. Turner resumed questioning Snyder. <\/p>\n \u201cIf you can\u2019t see what you\u2019re shooting at, as a police officer, you don\u2019t shoot. Is that correct?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cWe are trained to identify our target.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cIdentify your target before you shoot?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd so, if you hear shooting on a schoolground \u2014 but you can\u2019t see where the shooting\u2019s coming from \u2014 you don\u2019t shoot?” Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cSo, you just stand where you are?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cTypically, I mean, through the information gathered, if we know where the shooter is \u2014 we have to identify our target is before we shoot. Yes,” Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd how do you identify where your target is?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cYou have to find where the shooting\u2019s coming from,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n 10:02 a.m. – Turner asked Snyder if finding where the shooting originated is something \u201cyou can just take your time to do or is it an immediate action.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou make a tactical approach to where the shooting\u2019s occurred,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n Turner then asked Snyder if \u201ctime of the essence\u201d in an active shooter situation. <\/p>\n \u201cAbsolutely,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cThat is: the longer the time in an active shooting, the more victims you can have?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cSo, when an officer hears shooting but can\u2019t see shooting, what does the officer do?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cRuns to the shooting,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cWhere we tactically approach to where the shooting is occurring.\u201d <\/p>\n Special prosecutor Bill Turner (left) and Terry Snyder with the Texas Rangers (right) hold up a 3D overhead view of the neighborhood surrounding and including Robb Elementary School during the trial of ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 10:05 a.m. – Turner asked Snyder, if called upon, if he would \u201cgo in\u201d to face the danger of a potential active shooter situation. <\/p>\n \u201c100%. Yes, sir,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s dangerous,\u201d Turner said. <\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd you know that?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cWhen you became a police officer, did you know you might be in dangerous situations?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n 10:08 a.m. – Turner passed the witness. Hillier resumed cross-examining Snyder.<\/p>\n 10:09 a.m. – Snyder told the court he was at the crime scene for \u201cthree days\u201d before he was \u201crotated out.\u201d <\/p>\n 10:16 a.m. – The defense submitted photos to the court as evidence. <\/p>\n 10:17 a.m. – The state had no objections to the photos, which meant the pictures became a part of the court record. <\/p>\n 10:20 a.m. – Hillier began asking Snyder about \u201cmoving tactically\u201d during an active shooter situation. <\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re familiar with \u2018slicing the pie\u2019?\u201d Hillier asked Snyder. <\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n Hillier created a tactical scenario where \u201cslicing the pie\u201d would be a relevant tactic for a law enforcement officer in a sample photo from the school. <\/p>\n Ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales’ co-defense attorney Gary Hillier created a tactical scenario where \u201cslicing the pie\u201d would be a relevant tactic for a law enforcement officer in a sample photo from Robb Elementary School shown to the court on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 10:21 a.m. – \u201cIf someone were to hear the report of gunfire over here (in the area of the above photo), the correct way to approach it would be to take cover along this (brick) wall here. Right?\u201d Hillier asked. <\/p>\n \u201cPotentially one way,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cOne way?\u201d Hillier said. <\/p>\n \u201cYou just can\u2019t see what else is out here in this vacant lot,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cAs far as any other potential concealment or cover to make a wider approach.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cAnd we see a little thin tree there (in the above photo). That is a tree?\u201d Hillier asked Snyder. <\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s not a substantial tree?\u201d Hillier asked. <\/p>\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cThat would be possibly concealment?\u201d Hillier asked. <\/p>\n \u201cPotentially. Yes, sir,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n If confronted with a \u201clong, barrel\u201d weapon, Snyder agreed with Hillier that the \u201cthin\u201d tree would not be sufficient \u201ccover\u201d to shield a human body from such a weapon. <\/p>\n 10:23 a.m. – \u201cA person would come up on the corner, right? And just \u2018slicing the pie.\u2019 It\u2019s like cutting slices off of a pie,\u201d Hillier said to Snyder while imitating the act of holding a weapon. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s called \u2018slicing a pie.\u2019 Take a little bit off a pie, a little bit more, a little bit more. Until, eventually, you\u2019re clearing a little bit at a time. So, you come here, and you can see what\u2019s going on ahead of you. … As you\u2019re going further, you cutting the slice off a pie to go further and further and further. Keep cutting the pie until, eventually, you can see down the other end of it. Right?\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d Snyder said. <\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what \u2018slicing the pie\u2019 is,\u201d Hillier said. <\/p>\n 10:36 a.m. – Snyder told Hillier he was \u201cnot aware\u201d that Gonzales entered the \u201cfatal funnel\u201d where the shooter was. Hillier also said one of Gonzales\u2019 colleagues \u201cwas shot in the head.\u201d <\/p>\n 10:37 a.m. – Hillier passed the witness. Turner resumed questioning of Snyder. <\/p>\n 10:38 a.m. – Turner passed the witness. The defense said it did not have any further questions for him. <\/p>\n Snyder was excused from the stand. Harle instituted a short break for jurors. <\/p>\n Jurors exited the courtroom. <\/p>\n Judge Sid Harle, who is presiding over the trial of ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales, sits in court on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 11:19 a.m. – Jurors reentered the courtroom. During the break, Harle said the state and the defense held a hearing without the jurors\u2019 presence. <\/p>\n 11:20 a.m. – At this time, it is unclear what was said during the hearing. <\/p>\n The state called Scott Swick, a Texas Ranger with the Texas Department of Public Safety, to the stand. <\/p>\n Turner began a line of questioning. <\/p>\n Scott Swick, a Texas Ranger with the Texas Department of Public Safety, was called to the stand in the trial of ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 11:21 a.m. – After responding to the school, Swick said he was tasked with searching \u201cRoom 112.\u201d <\/p>\n 11:22 a.m. – Some photos, which were discussed by the state and defense outside the presence of the jury, were shown to the court. <\/p>\n Room 112 at Robb Elementary School is the highlighted portion (in yellow) of this map. The map was shown to the court on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 11:30 a.m. – Graphic photos Swick took of the scene were shown to the court. Per Harle\u2019s order, some of these photos were not shown on the livestream due to their graphic nature.<\/p>\n 11:37 a.m. – Swick said it appeared the gunman used \u201ca new magazine that has unfired cartridges into it and then put it into battery or put a round into the chamber.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cDid you find more than 30 casings in this room (Room 112)?\u201d Turner asked Swick.<\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Swick said. <\/p>\n 11:38 a.m. – Swick believed a magazine had been changed for the gunman\u2019s weapon while he was in the classroom. <\/p>\n 11:58 a.m. – Harle instituted a lunch break for jurors. Proceedings are expected to resume at approximately 1:30 p.m. <\/p>\n 1:34 p.m. – Jurors reentered the courtroom. <\/p>\n 1:35 p.m. – Nico LaHood, Gonzales\u2019 lead defense attorney, began cross-examining Swick. <\/p>\n LaHood asked Swick about specialty training among different law enforcement officers. <\/p>\n \u201cWithin the Texas Ranger division, we have certain Rangers that have gone on to additional and more advanced shooting reconstructions schools,\u201d Swick said. \u201cMe, myself, I\u2019m one of the instructors for the blood-stained pattern analysis program. I\u2019ve had additional training in that realm of things. <\/p>\n \u201cWe all have the same foundational training, if you will,\u201d Swick continued. \u201cAnd then, from there, go on to different things, if that\u2019s what it calls for.\u201d <\/p>\n 1:36 p.m. – Swick told the court he has not responded to an active shooting situation while it was in progress. <\/p>\n Swick has, however, investigated \u201cmass casualty\u201d events before. <\/p>\n 1:40 p.m. – LaHood and Swick discussed the \u201ctactical way\u201d for approaching a potential \u201cfatal funnel\u201d situation. <\/p>\n 1:41 p.m. – LaHood pulled out an orange practice gun to perform a courtroom demonstration. <\/p>\n Nico LaHood (foreground), the lead defense attorney for former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales, presented a courtroom demonstration with an orange practice gun on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Corpus Christi. Jason Goss (left; first row) and Gonzales (right; first row) are sitting next to each other. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 1:43 p.m. – \u201cWhen you point the barrel at somebody (seen in the above photo) and that means that if the barrel\u2019s pointed at somebody \u2014 even if your index (finger is on it) \u2014 at some point, it could go off,” LaHood said. <\/p>\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d Swick said. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd so, when you tactically enter a room or situation, you have to make sure that you\u2019re safe \u2014 so you can engage the threat \u2014 but also make sure that other people are safe because I\u2019m not going to go in sweeping people. Under pressure, there might be an accidental discharge.”<\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Swick agreed. <\/p>\n 1:45 p.m. – In another courtroom demonstration to describe the difference between \u201cconcealment\u201d and \u201ccover,\u201d LaHood placed two large white poster boards on top of each other. <\/p>\n According to Swick, concealment refers to hiding oneself behind an object but \u201cmay not stop a projectile.\u201d Covering refers to hiding oneself behind an object \u201cthat you would expect to potentially stop a projectile.\u201d<\/p>\n LaHood hid behind the poster boards. <\/p>\n \u201cCan you see me?\u201d LaHood asked Swick. <\/p>\n \u201cNo,\u201d Swick said. <\/p>\n \u201cAm I covered or concealed?\u201d LaHood asked Swick. <\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re concealed in this circumstance,\u201d Swick told the court. <\/p>\n In a courtroom demonstration to describe the difference between \u201cconcealment\u201d and \u201ccover,\u201d ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales’ lead defense attorney Nico LaHood (right) placed two large white poster boards on top of each other on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Corpus Christi. Co-defense attorney Jason Goss (left) and Gonzales (next to Goss) are seen watching LaHood, who is holding an orange practice gun. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 1:46 p.m. – LaHood, while in the middle of the above demonstration with the practice gun aimed, explained \u201cslicing the pie.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re \u2018slicing\u2019 your visual,\u201d LaHood said, in part, while walking slowly. \u201cI see some of the jurors and I\u2019m, little by little, \u2018slicing\u2019 this room. And you can\u2019t see what I\u2019m doing, but they (the jury) can see. And they can see, little by little, they see me as time goes on. So, I am \u2018slicing the pie\u2019 and checking for any threats, correct?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s correct,\u201d Swick said. <\/p>\n 4:40 p.m. – The state called former Robb Elementary School fourth grade teacher Arnulfo Reyes to the stand. At the request of the court, Reyes\u2019 face was not shown on the trial\u2019s livestream.<\/p>\n Turner began a line of questioning.<\/p>\n 4:41 p.m. – Reyes said he taught in Room 111 at the school. The room was joined to Room 112 where fellow teachers Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles taught. <\/p>\n Garcia and Mireles were killed in the shooting. <\/p>\n Turner asked Reyes about how May 24, 2022 \u2014 the day of the Robb Elementary School shooting \u2014 started. <\/p>\n \u201cIt started like any other day,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cJust a normal day to go to school.\u201d <\/p>\n 4:42 p.m. – Reyes said his class was waiting to be called to the school\u2019s cafeteria for a 10:30 a.m. \u201cawards ceremony.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cThe awards ceremony is when kids get awards for special things they can do and achieve,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cWe give them awards for special things.\u201d <\/p>\n 4:43 p.m. – After the awards ceremony, Reyes said he and his students returned to their classroom. <\/p>\n \u201cAfter we got back to the classroom, we resumed doing what we were doing before we went to the ceremony,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cSo, everybody went back to their spots, and we just resumed what we were doing.\u201d<\/p>\n Reyes\u2019 class was watching a movie with the lights \u201coff,\u201d which meant most of the desks were \u201cgathered together in the middle of the classroom.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cThe kids were on the other side of that,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cThey were watching the movie on the big TV that we have.\u201d <\/p>\n 4:44 p.m. – While his students watched the movie, Reyes said he was \u201centering grades into the computer\u201d at his desk \u201cin a corner\u201d and \u201cdoing things that needed to be done before the year\u2019s over.\u201d <\/p>\n 4:45 p.m. – Reyes said his desk was positioned \u201cin a corner\u201d near the entry to the doorway. <\/p>\n \u201cI heard a noise, but it was kind of far,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cBut it was still loud.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cDid you recognize the noise?\u201d Turner asked Reyes. <\/p>\n \u201cNo, I didn\u2019t,\u201d Reyes told the court. \u201cIt sounded like books when you bang them on the floor. That\u2019s what it sounded like, but it was kind of far.\u201d <\/p>\n Turner asked Reyes how many times he heard that specific sound. <\/p>\n \u201cI would say, maybe, like, five, six times \u2014 around there,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cAnd as I heard it, it kept on getting closer and closer. But it still seemed distant anyways.\u201d <\/p>\n 4:46 p.m. – At that point, Reyes said he still couldn\u2019t recognize the sound. <\/p>\n \u201cI kept on going, doing my thing, and the kids kept on doing their thing,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cIt was quiet. And then \u2014 as we were there \u2014 they started again: the loud sounds (were) more constant. They were just very close now.”<\/p>\n 4:47 p.m. – As the noise neared, Turner asked Reyes if it \u201cchanged his mind about it (the sound) being books.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cIt took me awhile to process that,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cIt did change my mind that it wasn\u2019t books, but I didn\u2019t know what it was still.\u201d <\/p>\n Reyes told jurors that the sounds grew louder as he sat at his desk. <\/p>\n \u201cFor some reason, I looked at the wall that\u2019s across from me \u2014 which would be facing Room 112,” Reyes said. \u201cThen I saw pieces of the wall, or some objects, falling. Not too sure if it was sheetrock or what it was, but something was falling off the wall. At that same time, I had a student come and ask me, \u2018What\u2019s going on?\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n 4:48 p.m. – \u201cAnd what did you say?\u201d Turner asked Reyes. <\/p>\n \u201cI told her, I said, \u2018I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on. I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on,\u2019\u201d Reyes said. \u201cAnd then I told my kids to go ahead and get under the table where we\u2019ve always practiced to go when we\u2019re on lockdown.\u201d <\/p>\n 4:49 p.m. – Reyes said his classroom has a \u201clong table\u201d where the children hid when they previously practiced going on lockdown. <\/p>\n Reyes got up from his desk and was going to hide himself from view. <\/p>\n \u201cThat is when I looked at my door, and that\u2019s where I saw him,\u201d Reyes said. <\/p>\n 4:50 p.m. – \u2033What did you see?\u201c Turner asked Reyes. <\/p>\n \u201cA black shadow,\u201d Reyes said. <\/p>\n \u201cWhat was the black shadow doing?\u201d Turner asked Reyes. <\/p>\n \u201cThe black shadow was holding a gun,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cAnd I know that he was holding a gun because I just saw the fire come out of the gun.\u201d <\/p>\n Reyes, who told the court he was standing when he saw the shooter, was first shot in his left arm. <\/p>\n 5:25 p.m. – Harle concluded court proceedings for the day. <\/p>\n The jury is expected back in court at 9 a.m. Tuesday. <\/p>\n Background<\/p>\n Gonzales, 52, is one of two now-former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police officers charged with child endangerment regarding the law enforcement response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history. Gonzales is facing 29 child endangerment charges: 19 represent the children killed in the shooting, and the other 10 represent the children injured in the shooting. <\/p>\n An 18-year-old gunman also killed two teachers at the school on May 24, 2022. <\/p>\n The other officer, former Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo<\/a>, has yet to go to trial in his child endangerment case. Arredondo is facing 10 child endangerment charges. <\/p>\n Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell is prosecuting the Gonzales case, but she appointed Bill Turner as special prosecutor. Turner was the former district attorney in Brazos County.<\/p>\n San Antonio-area attorney and former Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood leads Gonzales\u2019 defense team. The team is rounded out by fellow attorneys Jason Goss and Gary Hillier. <\/p>\n