{"id":470607,"date":"2026-10-19T15:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470607\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:24:12","slug":"erik-cantus-motion-to-revoke-probation-hearing-rescheduled-for-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470607\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik Cantu\u2019s motion to revoke probation hearing rescheduled for November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3XN7WJPGTZGENLRCPWL4WEC4DA.jpg\"\/>Erik Cantu (KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Erik_Cantu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Erik Cantu<\/a> will no longer appear in court Monday for a motion to revoke probation hearing. His hearing was rescheduled for Monday, Nov. 30. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The 21-year-old was arrested in July after police said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/14\/erik-cantu-arrested-for-seventh-time-as-bexar-county-da-dismisses-charge-against-james-brennand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he ran from officers<\/a>. He faces a charge of evading arrest and is being held without bond on a reinstated burglary charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">In June, Cantu was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/08\/erik-cantu-wont-serve-additional-prison-time-receives-2-year-deferred-adjudication-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sentenced to deferred adjudication<\/a> in a separate burglary case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Cantu was shot by former San Antonio Police Department officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/James_Brennand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Brennand<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">In July, the Bexar County District Attorney\u2019s Office separately dismissed Brennand\u2019s aggravated assault by a public servant charge due to \u201cfurther investigation,\u201d citing a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/13\/ex-sapd-officer-james-brennand-expected-to-appear-in-court-for-continuance-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">investigation into Cantu<\/a> stemming from an incident that happened earlier that month.<\/p>\n<p>Background<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">In October 2022, Brennand fired multiple shots at a BMW driven by the then-17-year-old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Brennand, who was fired from SAPD three days after the shooting, was captured on body camera footage opening the door of Cantu\u2019s vehicle and shooting at him as Cantu attempted to drive away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Brennand believed Cantu\u2019s vehicle had evaded him the night before as he attempted to pull it over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The shooting drew national attention. Cantu suffered serious injuries and spent months recovering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Read also: <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorsAndrea K. Moreno headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792423451_512_CK3DTJQDWRBBZC7E5WRIRWSU54.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/AKMRTERDGDRGRG9675GIKFG4TB\/\" title=\"View Andrea K. Moreno&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrea K. Moreno<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Andrea K. Moreno is a Digital Journalist at KSAT. She graduated from Texas State University with an electronic media degree and a minor in psychology. She also attended San Antonio College, where she held several positions at the college&#8217;s newspaper for three years. <\/p>\n<p>Misael Gomez headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920bdd6-70cc-4c4c-b924-b716fc20c234.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/K2MLEXJ43JFXZAVZSXFKVV7WKQ\/\" title=\"View Misael Gomez&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Misael Gomez<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Misael started at KSAT-TV as a photojournalist in 1987.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erik Cantu (KSAT) SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Erik Cantu will no longer appear in court Monday for a motion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[815,1094,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-470607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-courts","tag-erik-cantu","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\/470607","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=470607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}