{"id":380547,"date":"2026-07-21T04:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380547\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T04:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:49:09","slug":"sapd-identifies-bicyclist-killed-by-officers-after-allegedly-pointing-weapon-at-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380547\/","title":{"rendered":"SAPD identifies bicyclist killed by officers after allegedly pointing weapon at them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 San Antonio police placed four of its officers on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/16\/san-antonio-police-officers-shoot-kill-man-on-east-side-who-fled-traffic-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">administrative duty after they shot and killed a man<\/a> who allegedly pointed a weapon in their direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">In a Monday afternoon update, the San Antonio Police Department identified the bicyclist as Andrew Davila Jr., 52.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The shooting happened just before 2:30 a.m. Thursday in the 800 block of Hammond Avenue, near South New Braunfels Avenue and Rigsby Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to SAPD Acting Chief Jesse Salame, a probationary officer and a field training officer noticed a \u201csuspicious\u201d man, later identified as Davila, on a bicycle and attempted to stop him. However, Salame said Davila fled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The officers chased Davila and notified additional officers in the area, who responded to assist with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Davila was eventually found in front of a home on Hammond Avenue. As the officers \u201ccontacted\u201d him, SAPD said Davila pulled out a handgun and pointed it in the direction of the officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Four of the five responding officers fired shots at Davila, Salame said. Despite officers\u2019 attempts to save his life, Davila was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The department identified the following four officers, who police said fired their weapons at Davila:<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Smith, 20 years of service<\/p>\n<p>Reed Butler, more than eight years of service<\/p>\n<p>Felix Rodriguez, two years of service<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Hernandez, less than two years of service<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">All four officers have been placed on administrative duty until further notice, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAPD said its shooting team and internal affairs unit will conduct separate investigations. Upon completion, the Bexar County District Attorney\u2019s Office will review the findings of both reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Police said its investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">More coverage of this story on KSAT: <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 San Antonio police placed four of its officers on administrative duty after they shot and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,82,84,83,632,95],"class_list":["post-380547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-east-side","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-sapd","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}