SAN ANTONIO \u2013 San Antonio police arrested a man who later admitted he pulled the trigger in a deadly shooting on Monday at a Northwest Side home. <\/p>\n
Aaron Arocha, 21, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Sheri Tolosa<\/a>, 44, at a home in the 1000 block of Donaldson Avenue. <\/p>\n According to Arocha\u2019s arrest affidavit, his aunt \u2014 who was out-of-town but lived at the home \u2014 said another relative learned Arocha allegedly shot someone at the home. <\/p>\n Officers first responded to the location, but they didn\u2019t find any activity that warranted a forced entry and left soon after, investigators said. <\/p>\n Just after 12:30 p.m., the niece of the original 911 caller asked SAPD to return to the home because no one could get Arocha or Tolosa on the phone. <\/p>\n When they entered the home, officers later found Tolosa in the home\u2019s kitchen with multiple gunshot wounds, the affidavit states. She was pronounced dead at the scene. <\/p>\n Police officers said they found five shell casings at the scene, including some in the dining room. Investigators believe she appeared to be running from Arocha, starting in the home\u2019s dining room and towards the kitchen with a \u201cbag of some sort of food\u201d in her hands. <\/p>\n Arocha was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on Thursday and has had his bond set at $500,000, jail and court records show. <\/p>\n Interviews with the police <\/p>\n In an interview with SAPD, the niece recalled a conversation she had with an uncle. <\/p>\n During the conversation, one day before officers found Tolosa\u2019s body, she claims her uncle told her Arocha shot someone at the home on Donaldson Avenue. The niece\u2019s aunt confirmed the same information to police, court documents show. <\/p>\n The aunt also told police Arocha sent her a video. <\/p>\n In the video, Arocha showed the camera a \u201cpossible bruise\u201d on his knee and believed Tolosa was responsible for the wound, according to investigators.<\/p>\n He later called the woman, told her he \u201cloved\u201d her and was \u201csorry\u201d before he hung up the phone, the affdavit states. <\/p>\n On Monday morning, officers said they were able to track Arocha, who was in Houston, on his way back to San Antonio. SAPD said Arocha was arrested on Tuesday on unrelated charges. <\/p>\n In his Tuesday interview with officers, documents show Arocha repeatedly said he \u201cdid not know\u201d to all questions related to Tolosa\u2019s death. <\/p>\n Inside the suspect\u2019s vehicle<\/p>\n Investigators said they obtained a search warrant for Arocha\u2019s vehicle Wednesday. <\/p>\n Inside the vehicle\u2019s center console, according to police, was a box of .380 caliber rounds \u2014 the same brand and caliber found at the crime scene and next to Tolosa\u2019s body. Some rounds in the box were already missing. <\/p>\n A second uncle interviewed by police on Wednesday said Arocha called him hours after the shooting and wanted to talk in person. According to the affidavit, the two met at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Monday. <\/p>\n During their conversation, the second uncle told officers that Arocha said Santa Muerte made him kill Tolosa. The suspect also told the uncle that he shot her in the face four times. <\/p>\n When asked if Tolosa did anything to warrant her death, Arocha told the second uncle \u201cno,\u201d the affidavit states. <\/p>\n The man advised Arocha to turn himself in to police, but he refused. Documents show Arocha had planned to go back to Houston followed by a stay in Arizona. <\/p>\n What is Santa Muerte?<\/p>\n The origin of Santa Muerte is deeply rooted in indigenous Latin American culture<\/a>, along with Mictlan, the Aztec goddess of the dead and ruler of the underworld.<\/p>\n Santa Muerte is also viewed as an \u201cunofficial saint\u201d often associated with cartels, gangs or sex workers.<\/p>\n