Eric Gay\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIn testimony earlier Tuesday on the first day of Gonzales’ trial, former Uvalde elementary school teacher Stephanie Hale initially told jurors that she saw the shooter on the south side of the Robb Elementary School on the day of the shooting and remembered she and her students being shot at.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In emotional testimony, Hale — formerly a third-grade teacher at the school– said her students ran from the playground to the school building to find shelter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“As we were all running into the classroom, I saw the — I don’t know if you call him — horrible person walking,” she testified, saying she identified the gunshots based on dust kicked up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, prosecutors soon acknowledged that, in an interview with state investigators four days after the shooting, Hale didn’t mention seeing the shooter or being shot at.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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A memorial dedicated to the 19 children and two adults murdered on May 24,2022 during a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School is seen on January 05, 2026 in Uvalde, Texas. The first trial over law enforcement’s delayed response to the Uvalde school shooting began today with former Uvalde schools officer Adrian Gonzales standing trial in Corpus Christi. Gonzales faces 29 counts of child endangerment. The trial is a rare case in which a law enforcement officer could be convicted for allegedly failing to appropriately respond to criminal activity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBrandon Bell\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“You would agree with me in listening to the totality of your interview four days after that, you never tell the (investigator) that you saw anybody that was dressed in black with long hair and a fire and a gun?” a defense lawyer asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Correct,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“You agree that you never told him that you saw dirt flying up on the playground … You felt like you were being shot at, which was your opinion?” Hale was asked.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n“Correct,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to defense attorney Jason Goss, prosecutors did not provide the required notice that Hale’s account had changed from when she spoke to investigators years later.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Attorney Nico LaHood makes opening arguments during a trial for former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales at the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEric Gay\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“If she did report these things to the prosecution, we were entitled to that to prepare for this. And this is a trial by ambush,” Goss said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a rarely seen move, Judge Sid Harle allowed Goss to cross-examine Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell and one of her investigators about the change in testimony.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Neither the prosecutor nor anyone in the room thought to ask her, where did you see the shooter? That wasn’t a question that came up in anybody’s mind to ask her where the shooter was?” Goss asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“You know, you’re getting very nitpicky. Let me tell you something. When we were prepping these witnesses, I was running a law office,” Mitchell responded. “I was in and out of interviews, so I can’t say that … I, like, ‘Oh my God,’ you know it wasn’t that type of reaction for me.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Judge Sid Harle oversees the trial for former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales at the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEric Gay\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe judge acknowledged the potential seriousness of the issue and set a hearing for Wednesday afternoon. The jury is set to return on Thursday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters outside court, defense attorney Nico LaHood suggested that the issue could force a mistrial.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Obviously, we’re surprised. That’s nothing we could have anticipated,” he said. “We have some decisions to make.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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