{"id":221998,"date":"2026-03-16T12:12:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221998\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:43","slug":"suspect-victim-identified-after-deadly-bus-stop-shooting-stopped-by-off-duty-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221998\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect, victim identified after deadly bus stop shooting stopped by off-duty officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO – New records provided a better picture of what investigators say led up to, and what followed, a deadly shooting at a West Side bus stop.<\/p>\n

According to an arrest affidavit filed by the San Antonio Police Department, a confrontation that began with words at a West Side bus stop ended in a fatal shooting on Feb. 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

San Antonio police and EMS were dispatched at about 3:40 p.m. to the 2800 block of W. Commerce for a \u201cshooting with a hit,\u201d the affidavit states. <\/p>\n

When officers and medics arrived, they found 40-year-old Gregorio Garza lying in the street unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound.<\/p>\n

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An off-duty Dilley Police officer who was working off-duty at Bill Miller\u2019s at 2823 W. Commerce responded and detained 26-year-old Armando Aaron Rodriguez Jr., the affidavit states.<\/p>\n

Garza was taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center, where he died at about 4:38 p.m., according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

Police located a crime scene near the bus stop at W. Commerce and Zarzamora and identified and secured several witnesses, the affidavit states.<\/p>\n

According to the affidavit, Garza and Rodriguez were both waiting for the bus at the corner of W. Commerce and Zarzamora when they exchanged words before boarding. <\/p>\n

They exchanged words again while on the bus, then got off and continued arguing. The affidavit alleges that Rodriguez pulled out a gun and shot Garza.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez and several witnesses were taken to the homicide office for statements, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

RELATED | One person killed bus stop shooting, investigation continues<\/a><\/p>\n

Detectives say Rodriguez told them he shot Garza in self-defense. Rodriguez said the confrontation started at the bus stop when Garza, whom he did not know, thought Rodriguez was looking at him, and they exchanged words. <\/p>\n

Rodriguez said a second verbal confrontation happened near the back door of the bus, and he yelled to the driver to open the back door. Rodriguez said he exited the bus, and Garza followed him out.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez told investigators that Garza grabbed his backpack and that when he turned around, Garza \u201chad lunged to grab him,\u201d and was within two feet of him, the affidavit states. <\/p>\n

Rodriguez said he feared for his life, pulled out his gun, and shot Garza. Rodriguez also told police that Garza \u201cnever made any verbal threats\u201d that would have made him believe he was in imminent danger, and that he never saw anything in Garza\u2019s hands, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

A witness at the bus stop recalled that Garza accused Rodriguez of looking at him and the two exchanged words, but the witness did not hear either man make verbal threats, the affidavit states. <\/p>\n

The witness also said they did not see anything in Garza\u2019s hands when Rodriguez shot him, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez was released after his statement, \u201cpending further investigation,\u201d the affidavit states.<\/p>\n

During the investigation, police obtained video from the VIA bus. Investigators say the video corroborated statements about the confrontation inside the bus, but did not support Rodriguez\u2019s account of the shooting.<\/p>\n

According to the affidavit, the video shows Rodriguez pulling out his gun as soon as he steps off the bus. Garza follows him off. Rodriguez then walks toward the front of the bus, turns, and points the gun at Garza. <\/p>\n

Garza, near the back door, stops when he sees the gun, the affidavit states. Rodriguez then starts shooting. The affidavit says Garza turns to run away as Rodriguez continues shooting.<\/p>\n

Based on the video evidence, investigators said Garza did not lunge at Rodriguez, was not attempting to grab him, and was farther away than Rodriguez described when the shots were fired.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez has since been charged with Murder and is currently being held in the Bexar County Jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – New records provided a better picture of what investigators say led up to, and what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-221998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}