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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe officer went into Robb Elementary only \u201cafter the damage had been done,\u201d special prosecutor Bill Turner said during opening statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The judge overseeing the case and attorneys warned jurors that the testimony and images will be emotional and difficult to process. Among those expected to testify will be some of the victims\u2019 families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tissue boxes were brought to the families as the testimony began. Some shook their heads as they listened to audio from the first calls for help. Their cries grew louder as the horror unfolded on the recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defense attorneys disputed that Gonzales \u2014 one of two officers charged in the 2022 attack \u2014 did nothing, saying he radioed for more help and evacuated children as other police arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe government makes it want to seem like he just sat there,\u201d said defense attorney Nico LaHood. \u201cHe did what he could, with what he knew at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prosecutors focused sharply on Gonzales\u2019 steps in the minutes after the shooting began and as the first officers arrived. They did not address the hundreds of other local, state and federal officers who arrived and waited more than an hour to confront the gunman, who was eventually killed by a tactical team of officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gonzales has pleaded not guilty to child abandonment or endangerment and could be sentenced to a maximum of two years in prison if convicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Witness testimony will resume Thursday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Families whose loved ones died in the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school massacre sobbed in court while listening to frantic 911 calls during the first day of testimony in the trial of a police officer accused of failing to protect the children by not doing enough to stop the attack. A prosecutor told jurors Tuesday that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1906,2399,2623],"class_list":["post-14488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-he","tag-officer","tag-school"],"yoast_head":"\n