Legislation enforcement companies initially responded to the house advanced for what San Antonio Police Chief William McManus known as a “suicide in progress.”
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Police Chief William McManus confirmed that seven officers had been shot in Stone Oak on Wednesday night after responding to a name for a doable suicide try.
The suspect barricaded himself in an house for a number of hours, and he later was discovered useless by SWAT officers.
“The primary officer who arrived was shot, and 6 officers subsequent to that had been shot as nicely,” McManus mentioned in a Fb video. “The suspect barricaded himself contained in the house for a number of hours. On the finish of the occasion, the suspect was discovered to be deceased.”
McManus didn’t communicate with reporters who remained on the scene after the standoff ended, opting as an alternative to document a video and submit it on-line.
He earlier mentioned 4 officers had been shot, however his new video elevated that quantity to seven. He didn’t touch upon the situation of the extra three officers. He earlier had mentioned that the 4 officers’ accidents had been non-life-threatening.
The incident started at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on the Sonterra Heights house advanced within the 18700 block of Stone Oak Parkway on the town’s far north aspect.
McManus mentioned the suspect was a male in his 40s, however there was no additional description.
He mentioned it was unclear whether or not the person shot himself or was shot by officers.
The suspect had three arrests on Jan. 18, two for assault offenses and one for DWI. He was out on bond on the time, McManus mentioned.
A resident of the house advanced, Joseph Loredo, earlier informed KENS 5 that he was finding out for an examination when he “heard a loud pop” after which noticed helicopters overhead. He later heard a sequence of photographs fired.
“I simply heard a loud pop, it was a like a single pop. I did not suppose a lot of it and my mother resides with me so she informed me to come back out to the balcony as a result of she heard lots of noise,” Loredo mentioned. “Positive sufficient once we exit to the balcony, we hear a bunch of helicopters. After which 20 seconds after we had been on the market, we heard extra photographs. It was like two or three photographs. I informed my mother, ‘Hey mother, these are gunshots.'”
Loredo later described a police officer he noticed on the scene.
“I noticed an SAPD officer on the bottom. It seemed like he received shot,” he mentioned. “The one purpose I believe he received shot is that I believe they had been placing like a tourniquet on him and so they dragged him away.”
McManus mentioned in a mid-evening replace that it isn’t recognized whether or not the suspect was nonetheless alive at that time.
“We’re engaged on a plan to get the shooter out,” McManus mentioned earlier within the standoff. “The parents who had been capable of be evacuated, had been evacuated. The others who weren’t capable of be evacuated safely weren’t.”
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez supplied his ideas and prayers to the SAPD officers and their households on X.
It is a growing story. KENS 5 will present updates as extra info turns into accessible.
