SAN ANTONIO – People at a West Side rental complicated the place a San Antonio police officer shot and killed a man early Monday are disputing the officer’s account of what came about.
An officer shot and killed Ruben Garcia, 34, on the Winston Square Apartments, positioned within the 2500 block of S. General McMullen.
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Chief William McManus spoke to news crews in a while after the capturing, telling them that the officer was once patrolling the world when he spotted Garcia appearing off a gun in his waistband.
“He attempted to stop that individual. He ran,” McManus mentioned. “At some point during that chase, the officer attempted to Tase him.”
McManus advised newshounds the officials says the Taser weapon had no impact on Garcia, who then started suffering with him over the gun.
“And at some point during that struggle, the officer stepped back and shot the individual,” he mentioned.
The police leader, then again, emphasised that he had no longer reviewed the officer’s frame worn digital camera but, and that the investigation was once ongoing.
People who reside on the rental complicated, in the meantime, have already reached their very own conclusions.
They say they don’t like what they heard or noticed.
“He didn’t pull out a gun at all. He was lying on the floor with his hands like that,” mentioned Jesse Garcia, motioning that Ruben Garcia, who isn’t similar, had his palms at the back of his again on the time.
Jesse Garcia mentioned as he witnessed the capturing, he feared, at one level, that he additionally could be shot.
“(Officers) pointed the gun at us and we’re, like, ‘Hey, we’re coming ‘cause we heard a bunch of commotion!’,” he mentioned.
Family individuals say they’re at a loss in terms of working out what came about.
“We just want to know why they did it. He wasn’t doing anything,” mentioned Sabrina Carrion, the mummy of 5 of Ruben Garcia’s seven kids. “Basically, we have no hope now ‘cause he’s gone, especially me. He was everything.”
Carrion mentioned the daddy of her kids was once a fierce protector of everybody round.
She admits that he made some errors in lifestyles that ended in him spending time at the back of bars.
During the briefing with newshounds, McManus additionally described Ruben Garcia as having a long felony historical past.
He mentioned the officer who shot and killed him is a four-year veteran of SAPD. He has been put on administrative accountability pending the result of the investigation.
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