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San Antonio Police Chief Discusses Shooting of 7 Officers
San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus is at the scene of an officer-involved shooting where seven of his officers were shot. The incident began on January 22, 2025 in the north end of the city. Credit: SAPD/Facebook
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SWAT arrived on the scene after the suspect had shot all of the officers, San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus said.
The suspect was later found dead inside an apartment after an hours-long standoff on the city’s north side. McManus said it is not known if the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound or if he was killed by SWAT gunfire.
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San Antonio police line the street outside an officer-involved shooting in the Stone Oak area. (KABB FOX 29 News)
The unidentified suspect had three arrests on Jan. 18, McManus told reporters early Thursday morning at the scene, “two for assault and one for DWI.”
The suspect was free on bond when the officer-involved shooting occurred at the Sonterra Heights apartment complex in the 18700 block of Stone Oak Parkway, the police said.
The incident began shortly before 9 p.m. on Wednesday. KABB FOX 29 San Antonio reports.
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A San Antonio Fire Department truck is seen where an officer-involved shooting occurred. (KABB FOX 29 News)
“When I came out, I saw that one of the SAPD officers had been shot,” Joseph Loredo, a resident of the apartment complex, told the local television station. “It looked like a leg injury because they were putting a tourniquet on him and then they dragged him away.”
He said he captured video of the shootout between the officers and the suspect.
Seven San Antonio police officers were injured in an incident that began on January 22, 2025 and did not end until early the next day. (KABB FOX 29 News)
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The police chief described the suspect as a man in his 40s and said the original call to police came from a family member.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
