Defense Asks Uvalde Teacher: Whose Job Was It To Lock That Door? | Adrian Gonzales Trial Update

The defense in the Adrian Gonzales trial is spreading the blame. Attorney Nico LaHood pressed surviving teacher Arnulfo Reyes about the unlocked doors at Robb Elementary — including the door to his own classroom where eleven children died. Whose responsibility was it to lock that door? Reyes admitted it was his.

That exchange came after the most devastating testimony of the trial so far. Reyes, the only surviving teacher from Room 111, described seeing a "black shadow" in his doorway on May 24, 2022. He watched fire come from the gun. He was shot in the arm and fell. Then he lay on the floor and listened as the shooter executed every one of his students. The gunman taunted him, splashed blood on his face, shot him again in the back. He pretended to be dead for 77 minutes waiting for help.

When asked if any of his students survived: "No, sir."

Crime scene evidence presented earlier showed jurors the aftermath. Former Texas Ranger Juan Torrez displayed photographs of Room 111 — pools of blood, drag marks, bloodstains on desks, a child's tennis shoe soaked red. Trajectory rods placed into bullet cavities demonstrated the shooter fired downward, through the desks, at children sheltering underneath. Judge Harle warned the gallery before showing the images. No family members left.

Texas Rangers testified about a "fatal funnel" — a hallway with no cover that complicated tactical approach. The defense argues the failures that day extended far beyond one officer.

Adrian Gonzales faces 29 counts of child endangerment. Prosecutors say he knew where the shooter was and failed to act. The defense says only the gunman bears responsibility. This trial is testing whether an officer can be criminally liable for inaction. Sixty witnesses remain.

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