{"id":128877,"date":"2026-01-19T09:45:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/128877\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:45:31","slug":"retired-officer-testifies-on-chaos-inside-robb-elementary-during-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/128877\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired officer testifies on chaos inside Robb Elementary during shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – It\u2019s Day 9 in the trial of former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police officer Adrian Gonzales, who is charged with 29 counts of child endangerment stemming from the law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting.<\/p>\n

Jurors heard testimony from retired Sgt. Daniel Coronado.<\/p>\n

Coronado explained how he ran into Robb Elementary with then\u2013school police chief Pete Arredondo and Gonzales.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Jury hears more on Adrian Gonzales’ actions during 2022 Uvalde school shooting<\/a><\/p>\n

As his body camera video was played for the jury, Coronado described hallways filled with smoke and bullet holes, along with the classroom where officers knew the shooter was hiding. Coronado testified that after the shooter fired another round, they ran outside to come up with a plan.<\/p>\n

Testimony made clear the officers knew they were leaving an active shooter inside a school filled with children.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was some discussion about calling SWAT,\u201d Coronado said. \u201cI thought we were trying to formulate a plan to confront the shooter.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED: Uvalde School Shooting Trial: Teacher recalls getting shot, taunted by gunman<\/a><\/p>\n

Coronado also told the jury that Gonzales knew the shooter was inside the classroom because of the broken windows.<\/p>\n

This comes after Wednesday\u2019s testimony that gave jurors firsthand accounts of the terror at Robb Elementary.<\/p>\n

Teacher Mercedes Salas described hearing children scream, then fall silent, as gunshots rang near her classroom, and trying to calm students while urging them to pray quietly. Parents detailed lasting injuries, including Jamie Torres\u2019 daughter, Khloie, who was wounded and still suffers from head fragments and leg pain.<\/p>\n

Former aide Melody Flores testified she encountered the shooter while warning others and repeatedly urged officer Gonzales to stop him, but said he did nothing as she tried to protect students.<\/p>\n

The trial on Thursday came to a stop after a juror’s wife was admitted to the hospital. It is unknown if the juror will be able to return.<\/p>\n

Gonzales is facing a maximum sentence of two years for each of the 29 counts. Any sentences could run concurrently, and the judge will ultimately decide how much time Gonzales would serve if convicted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – It\u2019s Day 9 in the trial of former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-128877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}