Former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales says he has no regrets about his actions nearly four years ago when he was the first officer to respond to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. In his first interview since being acquitted Wednesday night all counts, Gonzales said he stood by his actions and argued he was scapegoated by prosecutors looking for someone to blame. "You can sit here and tell me all you want about what I would have done, or what you would have done.Until you're in that mix, you can't tell me anything," Gonzales told ABC News' John Quiñones. Former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales spoke with ABC News' John Quiñones after his acquittal.ABC NewsUvalde victim's dad reacts to acquittal: 'We had a little hope, but it wasn't enough'The police response to the mass shooting has been the subject of intense criticism in the years since 19 students and two teachers were killed at the school.Nearly 400 law enforcement officers responded that day, but it took 77 minutes for officers to mount a counterassault.
Gonzales was charged with 29 counts of child endangerment -- one of two officers to face criminal charges for his role in the police response. After a two-week trial, a jury acquitted Gonzales on all counts after seven hours of deliberations, prompting frustration from some of the families of victims who attended the trial. Evadulia Orta, right, rubs the shoulder of Javier Cazares as they react to the announcement that the jury found former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales not guilty at the Nueces County Courthouse, Jan.21, 2026, in Corpus Christi, Texas.Sam Owens/The San Antonio Express-News via APUvalde trial: Former school police officer Adrian Gonzales found not guilty on all counts"We had a little hope, but it wasn't enough," said Jacinto Cazares, whose 9-year-old daughter Jackie died in the shooting.
"Again, we are failed.I don't even know what to say."Gonzales said he was grateful to the...