Teacher Who Protected 16 Kids Had Taught the Shooter in Fourth Grade

She taught him in fourth grade. Eight years later, she heard him killing children one room away. Mercedes Salas was watching Zootopia with her 16 students when she heard the first gunshot. She grabbed her kids, checked her door was locked, and got on her knees with chairs ready to throw at an intruder. Then she heard children screaming. Then gunshots. Then silence. "I knew something happened to them because I couldn't hear them anymore." When police finally broke through her window, she walked back into her classroom twice to make sure no terrified child had stayed frozen behind. The defense revealed she had taught the shooter when he was in fourth grade in Room 111, the same room where he returned to kill. Also in this video: Christopher Salinas, father of survivor Samuel, testifies that his nine-year-old son still carries shrapnel in his leg and is triggered by the color red. When asked if the child he picked up from the hospital is the same child he dropped off at school, he answered: "No." ⏰ KEY MOMENTS 00:20 - Father of survivor Samuel Salinas takes the stand 02:52 - Samuel still has bullet fragments in his leg 04:51 - "Is this the same child?" "No." 07:49 - Teacher Mercedes Salas takes the stand 14:23 - First gunshot heard during awards day movie 21:50 - Hears pounding on her door, then children screaming 26:10 - Walks back into room twice to check for frozen kids 31:05 - Defense reveals she taught the shooter in fourth grade 📖 FROM THE DESK OF JUSTICE: https://www.justiceisaprocess.com/des... CASE BACKGROUND REPORT: https://www.justiceisaprocess.com/tx-... 📖 CASE BACKGROUND On May 24, 2022, a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. For 77 minutes, children called 911 while nearly 400 officers waited in the hallways and outside. Gonzales arrived before the shooter entered the building. He was a school district officer who had helped teach active shooter training two months earlier. Surveillance footage places him within 200 feet of the gunman when the first shots were fired. A grand jury indicted Gonzales on 29 counts of child endangerment in June 2024. The trial was moved to Corpus Christi. Judge Sid Harle presides. DA Christina Mitchell prosecutes. Nico LaHood defends. 📂 PLAYLISTS & RESOURCES 🌐 Website: https://justiceisaprocess.com ► Full Trial Live Broadcasts:    • LIVE BROADCASTS: TX v. Adrien Gonzales   ► No Breaks Edition:    • NO BREAKS EDITION: TX v. Adrien Gonzales   ► Trial Analysis Podcast:    • TRIAL PODCAST: TX v. Adrien Gonzales   ► Key Moments Playlist:    • KEY MOMENTS AND TESTIMONY: TX v. Adrien Go...   ► Subscribe for Daily Coverage:    / @justiceisaprocess   ⚖️ ABOUT JUSTICE IS A PROCESS This channel continues the work of Steven M. Askin, a criminal defense attorney who was disbarred in 1998 for refusing to violate attorney-client privilege, then criminally convicted in 2010 for teaching people their constitutional rights from a coffee shop in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He passed away in February 2024, but not before he and I started this channel together. I am Steven M. Askin II. I am not an attorney. I am a watchdog. I cover criminal trials to educate the public about due process, the presumption of innocence, and constitutional protections. Every video on this channel is part of building the machine the system feared my father would create: a public trained to watch, question, and demand accountability. This is not entertainment. This is education. This is oversight. This is Justice Is A Process. ⚖️ FAIR USE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE This content is produced under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. § 107) for news reporting, criticism, and educational purposes. We provide transformative commentary on public court proceedings, advancing public understanding of the judicial process through timestamps, analysis, and educational context. No copyright infringement is intended. All video content is used for transformative educational purposes with added legal analysis and commentary. #JusticeIsAProcess #UvaldeTrial #AdrianGonzales #TexasTrial #RobbElementary #TrueCrime #CourtroomCoverage #CriminalJustice #LegalAnalysis