CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2013 Jurors returned to court for another full day of witness testimony in the child endangerment trial of a former Uvalde school district police officer in Corpus Christi. <\/p>\n
However, testimony ended Thursday afternoon after a juror\u2019s family emergency put the trial on a temporary hold. <\/p>\n
Due to his response to the Robb Elementary School<\/a> shooting in Uvalde, Adrian Gonzales <\/a>has been accused and charged with endangering the lives of 29 children on May 24, 2022. <\/p>\n A full timeline of Wednesday\u2019s court proceedings can be found here.<\/a> <\/p>\n Below is a timeline of events from Thursday\u2019s proceedings from the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi. <\/p>\n 9:01 a.m. – Jurors entered the courtroom. <\/p>\n Adrian Gonzales, a former Uvalde CISD police officer, sits in court during his child endangerment trial on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n The state called Daniel Coronado to the stand. Coronado, who is now retired, was a former Uvalde Police Department sergeant and was among the first officers at the scene of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting. <\/p>\n The state called Daniel Coronado to the stand on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Coronado was a former Uvalde Police Department sergeant who was among the first officers on scene at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n Bill Turner, a special prosecutor appointed in this case by Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell, began a line of questioning. <\/p>\n 9:06 a.m. – Turner asked Coronado which law enforcement agency would hold \u201cprimary jurisdiction\u201d if a crime was committed at a Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District campus. <\/p>\n \u201cThe school police would typically take charge of that incident,\u201d Coronado said. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd if the school, by taking charge, does that mean that you were excluded from working on a police (school) campus?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cNo, sir. No, sir,\u201d Coronado said. \u201cWe had a good relation with the campus police officers. We maintained a working relationship with them. We notified them if there was any investigations that needed to take place that, if we needed to conduct an investigation, we would notify them and advise them and go from there.\u201d <\/p>\n 9:09 a.m. – Turner asked Coronado how he was armed on the day of the May 24, 2022, shooting.<\/p>\n Bill Turner, a special prosecutor assigned to the trial of ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales, questioned a witness on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n \u201cI had a pistol \u2014 a glock sidearm,\u201d Coronado said. \u201cI had an external ballistic vest. I had a baton, two pair of handcuffs, two magazines and one magazine in my pistol. I had a tourniquet. I had pepper spray, and I had a Taser.\u201d <\/p>\n 9:10 a.m. – Coronado said he did not have a rifle, but he did have his body-worn camera on him. <\/p>\n 9:14 a.m. – When Coronado first learned of the shooting at Robb Elementary School, he was at the Uvalde Police Department station. <\/p>\n \u201cWhen the call came in for shots being fired in the proximity of the school, I jumped into my Tahoe and, when I turned the ignition on, the process had started where it was booting up the (Tahoe\u2019s dashcam) camera system.\u201d <\/p>\n 9:15 a.m. – Thought he turned on his patrol vehicle\u2019s lights on the way to Robb, Coronado said it didn\u2019t trigger an \u201cautomatic recording\u201d of his dash camera. <\/p>\n 9:19 a.m. – Before hearing the \u201cshots fired\u201d call, Coronado said he also recalled hearing a radio call of \u201can accident that occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI acknowledged it (the accident), but I didn\u2019t pay much attention to it. I wasn\u2019t responding to it,\u201d Coronado said. \u201cI believe that day I had six officers that were working. I think I had two officers that were at the police department doing reports.\u201d <\/p>\n 9:28 a.m. – When Coronado arrived at the school, he said he saw \u201cofficers taking cover behind the vehicles.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cAt the time, they were receiving gunfire \u2014 is what I perceived to be receiving gunfire,” Coronado said. <\/p>\n \u201cWhen you say you \u2018perceived that they were receiving gunfire,\u2019 describe how you came to that decision?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cSo, as I was approaching, I saw them taking cover, which means that they were on the north side of their vehicles. Their vehicles were facing west, I\u2019m sorry, (their vehicles were facing) east,\u201d Coronado said. \u201cThey were behind the vehicles. And when I got (out of) the vehicle, I could hear gunfire going off. I made my way to where they were at. My first question was: \u2018Where was it coming from?\u2019 They said that they didn\u2019t know.\u201d <\/p>\n 9:29 a.m. – \u2033So, you had gunfire, but you didn\u2019t know where it was coming from?” Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cNo, sir,\u201d Coronado said. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd the other officers didn\u2019t, at that time, know where it was coming from?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cNo, sir,\u201d Coronado said. <\/p>\n Coronado also noted he didn\u2019t see the crash that was originally called out on police radio earlier in the day. <\/p>\n 9:30 a.m. – While outside Robb, Coronado said he heard \u201cyelling\u201d come from the funeral home across the street. <\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re yelling out, and I couldn\u2019t understand what they were saying,\u201d Coronado told the court. \u201cMy concern, at that point, was for them. So, I start yelling at them to, \u2018Get back into the building.\u2019 But, as they\u2019re yelling at me, I can hear them saying, \u2018He\u2019s running towards the school. He\u2019s running towards the school.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n 9:39 a.m. – Coronado explained his plan to potentially confront the gunman. <\/p>\n \u201cI was thinking, \u2018OK. I possibly have an individual that got into an accident and is trying to get away from us \u2014 trying to shoot at us. And, I need to find this guy and stop this guy,\u2019” Coronado told the court. \u201cSo, when I figured that he was running through the school, I was going to go around in front, cut him off and flank him.\u201d <\/p>\n 9:41 a.m. – Coronado saw former Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo<\/a> arrive on the scene at approximately the same time. <\/p>\n \u201cWhen I saw it was Chief (Pete) Arredondo, I mean, again, I know him personally. I was relieved to see him,\u201d Coronado said, in part. \u201cI was relieved to see him.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you say \u2018relieved,\u2019 why does that \u2018relieve\u2019 you?\u201d Turner asked. <\/p>\n \u201cWell, it\u2019s just someone that I know,\u201d Coronado said. \u201cIt\u2019s just someone that I \u2014 I\u2019ve worked with him a number of years, and so, just seeing someone that I knew \u2014 it\u2019s not that I didn\u2019t know him, or know anybody else, it\u2019s just \u2014 it was just \u2014 for some reason, I had someone that was there with me, in other words.” <\/p>\n 9:42 a.m. – Coronado and Arredondo began running towards the school. <\/p>\n 9:43 a.m. – \u201cHe\u2019s (Arredondo) asking me: \u2018Where\u2019s he at? Where\u2019s he at?\u2019 I relay back to him, \u2018I have no idea. I don\u2019t know,\u2019\u201d Coronado recalled. \u201cAt Robb (Elementary) School, there\u2019s a circular drop-off on (at) the very front of the school. And so, we went through the front gate through there, where they (parents\/buses) drop off the children. We ran through there and ran underneath the breezeways and ran past the cafeteria and front office (and) continued running and ran down one of the (other) breezeways.\u201d <\/p>\n 9:50 a.m. – After hearing gunfire, Coronado told jurors that he instructed two officers \u201cto run inside the building.\u201d <\/p>\n 9:51 a.m. – As Coronado instructed, the officers entered the school. <\/p>\n 9:53 a.m. – Arredondo, and later, Coronado soon entered the building. <\/p>\n \u201cAs I entered the building on the south side, we slowed down a little bit and were quickly walking through the hallways,\u201d Coronado said. \u201cAs I\u2019m entering the building, I\u2019m looking around, and the first thing I notice is: the entire hallway is dark. It\u2019s dark. There\u2019s (sic) no lights on. I see what appeared to be smoke.\u201d <\/p>\n 12:48 p.m. – Presiding Judge Sid Harle instituted a lunch break for jurors. The jury is expected to return to court at approximately 1:45 p.m. <\/p>\n Judge Sid Harle, who is presiding over the trial of ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales, sits in court on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Corpus Christi. (Pool photo via KSAT)<\/p>\n 1:53 p.m. – Jurors reentered the courtroom after the lunch break. <\/p>\n Harle notified the jury that one of their fellow jurors was not in the jury box with them. <\/p>\n \u201cSomething\u2019s come up that\u2019s beyond our control,\u201d Harle said. \u201cA juror\u2019s wife has been taken to the hospital over lunch.\u201d <\/p>\n 1:54 p.m. – Harle said the juror is currently at the hospital with his wife. Her health status is unclear at this time. <\/p>\n \u201cWe do have (juror) alternates, but the problem is: we need to know the exact status (of the juror and the juror\u2019s wife) and his ability to continue to serve before we empanel an alternate under the law,\u201d Harle continued. <\/p>\n The judge said proceedings are expected to resume at 9 a.m. Friday. The juror will have an update on his family emergency at 8:30 a.m. Friday. <\/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