{"id":400640,"date":"2026-08-07T22:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/400640\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:36:17","slug":"sapd-officer-shoots-at-2-aggressive-dogs-in-brackenridge-park-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/400640\/","title":{"rendered":"SAPD officer shoots at 2 ‘aggressive’ dogs in Brackenridge Park, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dogs have not been located<\/p>\n

SAPD (KSAT 12 News)<\/p>\n

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A San Antonio Police Department officer shot at two dogs at Brackenridge Park after the animals charged at him in an \u201caggressive manner,\u201d a department spokesperson said Friday.<\/p>\n

The shooting happened around 8 a.m. while officers were assisting city staff providing resources to people experiencing homelessness in the area.<\/p>\n

SAPD said two large dogs charged at the officer. The dogs evaded officers after the shooting and have not been located as of Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The dogs\u2019 injuries are unclear, police said. Their owner was initially detained and later cited for not placing the dogs on a leash and lack of vaccinations.<\/p>\n

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About the AuthorsGabby Jimenez headshotGabby Jimenez<\/a><\/p>\n

Gabby Jimenez is a digital journalist at KSAT. Gabby is a San Antonio native and joined the KSAT team in January 2025. A proud LSU alumna, she has reported for newspapers in Louisiana and Virginia, earning a Virginia Press Association award for Combination Photo and Story in 2024. <\/p>\n

Rocky Garza headshotRocky Garza<\/a><\/p>\n

Rocky Garza Jr. is a Content Gatherer at KSAT-12 News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dogs have not been located SAPD (KSAT 12 News) SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A San Antonio Police Department…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[27489,82,84,83,632],"class_list":["post-400640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-brackenridge-park","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-sapd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400640","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=400640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}