Overview
- Police responded to reports of a man waving a handgun in the 600 block of Aurora Avenue near Alderete Park and Loma Park Elementary School and confronted the 69-year-old man.
- Officers gave multiple verbal commands to drop the weapon and the man at first appeared to comply but then did not, prompting five officers to fire and kill him, officials said.
- Acting Police Chief Jesse Salame said the man’s gun was loaded but investigators have not found evidence that he fired it and no officers were injured.
- All five involved officers have been placed on administrative leave and the San Antonio Police Department is conducting an internal investigation to determine whether the use of force was justified.
- Neighbors say the man had acted erratically for weeks and residents express both relief the immediate risk ended and concern that he may have needed mental-health help that was not provided.