{"id":396114,"date":"2026-08-03T03:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396114\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T03:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:37:10","slug":"video-shows-moments-before-sapd-officers-fatally-shot-man-in-west-side-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396114\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows moments before SAPD officers fatally shot man in West Side neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 West Side neighbors said they were concerned about a 69-year-old for months before police officers shot and killed him<\/a> while he was waving a handgun across the street from his home.<\/p>\n

Five San Antonio Police Department officers shot the man in the 600 block of Aurora Avenue, according to Acting Police Chief Jesse Salame, after giving multiple verbal commands to drop the weapon.<\/p>\n

Salame said the department had been called to the area multiple times for similar situations over the last month. It appeared as though the man might comply at one point, but ultimately did not.<\/p>\n

Michelle Almanza, a neighbor, said she saw the shooting happen after she returned from church.<\/p>\n

\u201c(SAPD) even put their guns away and took out their taser,\u201d Almanza said, \u201cand that\u2019s when he pulled out the gun on them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neighbors said the man would talk to himself and started drinking at 5 a.m., more than 12 hours before police arrived.<\/p>\n

Police have not confirmed any diagnoses of mental illness at this time, nor have officials linked it to what happened in the moments leading up to his death.<\/p>\n

If you are in crisis and need immediate emotional support, call 988 or text TALK to 741-741. If there is an immediate danger to you or someone else, call 911.<\/p>\n

If you are not in crisis, but need someone to talk to, or want to ask for services for yourself or a loved one, call NAMI\u2019s Warm Line<\/a> at (210) 939-9999.<\/p>\n

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and police said the five officers were placed on administrative duty, as is standard procedure.<\/p>\n

Salame said there is no evidence the man fired his weapon, which was loaded.<\/p>\n

Another resident, who asked to remain unidentified, recorded the moments that led up to the shooting through her window. Her daughter translated what she said she saw.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe said that there\u2019s female cops that yelled \u2018no,\u2019\u201d the daughter said. \u201cThat\u2019s when she thinks she saw that he kind of (motioned) near his waist. And she assumes that that\u2019s what he was gonna pull out the gun. And then they all shot at him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The woman said it was not the first time she felt threatened by the man.<\/p>\n

On a prior occasion, she said the man stood in the middle of the street and pointed his gun directly at her truck as she was pulling out of her driveway.<\/p>\n

Neighbors said they have seen the man wearing an ankle monitor at one point. They also said he would disappear for stretches of time, then return and behave more erratically than before.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was relieved in a sense, because at least now we know the community was safe,\u201d Almanza said. \u201cBut then… he really needed more help. How can you help somebody that doesn\u2019t want it?\u201d<\/p>\n

SAPD has not yet released the identity of the man who was killed. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

KSAT is working to obtain additional records and will report those details as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n

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