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Valerie Gonzalez

Trial begins for officer accused of failing to protect children during Uvalde school shooting

Uvalde School Shooting Trial - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack, when authorities waited more than an hour to confront the gunman.

Adrian Gonzales, a former Uvalde schools officer, faces 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment in a rare prosecution of an officer accused of not doing more to stop a crime and protect lives.

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