{"id":388960,"date":"2026-07-28T11:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/388960\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:08:30","slug":"san-antonio-man-charged-in-girlfriends-fathers-death-had-past-murder-charge-dismissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/388960\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio man charged in girlfriend\u2019s father\u2019s death had past murder charge dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 The murder trial of a man accused of gunning down his girlfriend\u2019s father is expected to begin Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Franco Xavier Summers, 31, is charged with murder in the death of Christopher Fuentes, who was shot in a parking lot near Blanco Road and Loop 1604 two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Court records show this is not the first time Summers has faced serious criminal allegations. His criminal history includes a January 2012 arrest for harboring a runaway child. In January 2013, he was charged with aggravated assault and the murder of Roger Rodriguez Jr., though that murder charge was later dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Fuentes\u2019 family <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/relatives-of-murder-victim-call-for-life-sentence-for-franco-summers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">continues to seek justice<\/a> as proceedings begin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He should serve life in prison without the possibility of parole,&#8221; said Fuentes&#8217; cousin, Veronica.<\/p>\n<p>Jury selection and opening statements are scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 226th District Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 The murder trial of a man accused of gunning down his girlfriend\u2019s father is expected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-388960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388960","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=388960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}