A jury acquitted former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales on Wednesday of all 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment related to the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting.
The verdict came after about seven hours of deliberations and stemmed from charges tied to Gonzales’ actions in the early minutes of the attack, which killed 19 children and two adults.
Gonzales did not testify, and his defense called two witnesses, arguing there were significant gaps in the prosecution’s evidence.
His attorney said jurors told the defense that the evidence did not fully make sense and that those gaps influenced their decision, Fox News has reported.
After the verdict, Gonzales thanked God, his family, his legal team, and the jury, while another former official, ex-police chief Pete Arredondo, still faces pending charges in a separate case.
