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Harris Co. Judge Lina Hidalgo’s quest for video to support rodeo manhandling claim turns up empty

Hidalgo went to the stadium to review surveillance footage that she hoped would support her claim that she was manhandled by rodeo staff, which rodeo officials strongly deny. [video src="https://vcl.abcotv.net/video/ktrk/031226-ktrk-ewn-hidalgo-nrg-surveillance-video-LJO-10pm-justin-vid.mp4" poster="https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/18708314_031226-ktrk-hidalgo-rodeo-img.png"]Courtesy of ABC13 Texas …

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Uvalde teacher who survived class shooting testifies he saw ‘black shadow with a gun’

A teacher who survived the 2022 shooting inside a Robb Elementary school classroom in Uvalde, Texas, told a jury Monday the attack began with a “black shadow” with a gun walking inside and that he prayed for the attack to be over after being shot along with his students. Arnulfo Reyes’ testimony came on the fifth day of the trial for Adrian Gonzales, a former Uvalde schools police officer who was among the first law enforcement responders to the scene. Gonzales has pleaded not guilty to 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment as prosecutors allege he did nothing to stop the gunman in the first moments of the attack. The gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. Reyes was shot on the arm and back and said he was taunted by 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos. “I looked at my door and that’s when I saw him … a black shadow. The black shadow was holding a gun. I just saw the fire come out of the gun,” Reyes testified. “He shot at me and hit me in my arm. That’s when I fell to the ground.” “When I fell, he came around and he shot the kids,” he said. Reyes said Ramos…