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WATCH LIVE: Former Robb Elementary teacher who survived shooting returns to stand in ex-Uvalde CISD officer’s trial

Adrian Gonzales, 52, is facing 29 child endangerment charges; KSAT is livestreaming Tuesday’s court proceedings in this article

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – For the majority of Monday in the Adrian Gonzales trial, law enforcement officers with the Texas Rangers discussed their connections to investigating the crime scene after the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde.

However, court proceedings ended with Arnulfo Reyes on the stand. Reyes is a former Robb fourth grade teacher who was shot multiple times by the 18-year-old gunman and survived.

“As I was laying there, I heard the door open, and I heard little clanging at the desks: the metal,” Reyes said Monday afternoon. “That’s when I told myself, ‘They’re coming. Anything can happen.’ And, pretty much, prayed. I gave myself to the Lord. And just closed my eyes real tight and just waited for everything to be over.”

When presiding Judge Sid Harle ended proceedings for the day, Nico LaHood — Gonzales’ lead defense attorney — was in the middle of cross-examining Reyes about his previous grand jury testimony.

Reyes is expected to return to the stand Tuesday morning.

KSAT is livestreaming Day 6 of Gonzales’ trial from Corpus Christi in this article and on KSAT Plus. Delays are possible. If there is not a livestream available, please check back at a later time.

Viewer discretion is advised. Details in this trial are expected to be graphic and difficult to hear.

Due to his response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Gonzales has been accused and charged with endangering the lives of 29 children on May 24, 2022.

The timeline of Monday’s court proceedings can be found here.

Below is a timeline of Tuesday’s court proceedings from the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi.

9:04 a.m. - Jurors entered the courtroom.

9:05 a.m. - Nico LaHood, the lead defense attorney for ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales, resumed cross-examination of former Robb Elementary School fourth grade teacher Arnulfo Reyes.

The state first called Reyes to the stand Monday afternoon.

Background

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.

An 18-year-old gunman also killed two teachers at the school on May 24, 2022.

The other officer, former Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo, has yet to go to trial in his child endangerment case. Arredondo is facing 10 child endangerment charges.

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.

San Antonio-area attorney and former Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood leads Gonzales’ defense team. The team is rounded out by fellow attorneys Jason Goss and Gary Hillier.

In August 2025, Gonzales requested a venue change for the trial.

In the motion, Gonzales’ defense team argued that he cannot receive a fair trial by a jury in Uvalde County due to the impact the massacre had on members of the community.

“This horrific tragedy touched every member of the Uvalde community,” LaHood said at the time. “It would be impossible to gather a jury that would not view the evidence through their own pain and grief.”

In October 2025, LaHood confirmed to KSAT that the trial venue was changed from Uvalde County to Nueces County.

The state is expected to call approximately 60 witnesses to the stand. Court records indicate some of those asked to be witnesses include the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office, officers from other responding law enforcement agencies, medical personnel and some parents of school shooting victims.

Child endangerment charges are considered a state jail felony. Upon a potential conviction, Gonzales could be sentenced between six months and two years in a state jail.

Judge Sid Harle is the presiding judge in this case. If convicted, Gonzales also elected to have Harle determine his sentence instead of the jury.

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