SAN ANTONIO – A suspect has been arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the deadly shooting of a man on the Southwest Side.
53-year-old Augustin D. Meyer has been arrested and charged with Capital Murder after allegedly shooting and killing 59-year-old Juan Alejandro Sanchez.
On Saturday, August 1, police responded to the scene of a reported shooting. According to the arrest affidavit, dispatchers reported hearing a man in distress over the phone, and ultimately hearing what sounded like a gunshot.
Upon arrival, officers located the victim in the office portion of a warehouse building. The victim, later identified as Sanchez, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police screened the rest of the offices and did not find anyone else inside.
During the search of the crime scene, a revolver was found abandoned underneath a blue bandana inside the warehouse, far from where the victim was found.
Video surveillance from the scene allegedly showed the suspect, identified as Augustin D. Meyer, wearing a blue bandana before the shooting.
Upon his detention, officers found the victim’s smartwatch in Meyer’s pocket. Officers observed the contents of the victim’s wallet to be “strewn about the warehouse.”
Speaking with detectives, Meyer said that he did not know Sanchez personally, but picked him up to help him load tools into his truck.
Meyer then told detectives that Sanchez allegedly told him that he was having money problems, and that Sanchez had told Meyer to shoot him in the chest because Sanchez had a large life insurance policy.
Meyer also told detectives that Sanchez had given him both the money in his wallet and the smartwatch.
Detectives spoke to the family, who told them that the victim only had an insurance policy from work.
Augustin D. Meyer has since been arrested and charged with Capital Murder by Terroristic Threat/Other Felony. He remains in custody of the Bexar County Jail on a bond of $600,000.
The shooting remains under investigation.