Crime and Public Safety

Tuesday marks 30 years since the disappearance of Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old girl kidnapped and killed while riding her bike in Arlington. In her memory, it's also National Amber Alert Day. Former Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson was instrumental in creating that alert system. He talked to FOX 4 about the abduction and the work that followed.

Sgt. Joe Vasquez was off duty the day of the shooting. He said he heard about the attack and immediately went to the school. His daughter was at that school that day. He explains what he did, where he went, what he saw and how he was reunited with his daughter.

Former Uvalde CISD officer Adrian Gonzales will walk into court Monday morning as the start of week two begins. He is being charged with 29 counts of abandoning or endangering a child. Prosecutors say he didn't act quickly enough during the 2022 massacre, where 19 students and two teachers were killed.

Reyes described gruesome testimony describing that the shooter shot at him, striking him in the arm. That gunman then came back into his classroom and taunted Reyes, before shooting him again in the back.

Teacher Arnulfo Reyes testified that his students followed their training during the shooting, while also clarifying that the door magnets used by teachers did not play a role in the gunman’s ability to enter his classroom. During cross-examination, the defense focused on security lapses, noting that external and internal doors were often left unlocked because substitute teachers were not provided with keys. The defense also challenged Reyes' consistency by comparing his current testimony about the initial sounds of the shooting to his previous statements during the grand jury proceedings.

During testimony in the trial of former officer Adrian Gonzales, former teacher Elsa Avila recounted how her fourth-grade students used their active shooter training to remain quiet and comfort her after she was shot in her classroom. Another teacher, Erin Robin, testified to seeing an unidentified officer standing by a school district vehicle during the attack, positioned between her classroom and the ongoing gunfire. The defense used Robin’s sighting to suggest that Gonzales was positioned in a defensive spot between the teacher and the shooter during the massacre.

A woman in the gallery of the courtroom where the trial of a former Uvalde school police officer is being held was escorted out of the room after she yelled after a witness testified.

Today marks 30 years since 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted while riding her bike in Arlington then killed. Decades later, the case remains unsolved.

A 26-year-old victim remains in critical condition on Monday night, as his family tells FOX 4 the hit-and-run collision on Sunday morning caused severe head trauma, leaving little to no brain function.