Tip leads San Antonio police to tractor-trailer transporting people
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A man videotapes an 18-wheeler stopped by police at a truck stop on Interstate 10 and Foster Road on Thursday night, May 6, 2021. Although there were reports that between 80 to 100 people had been in the truck, police made contact with only 29 people at the scene, according to SAPD.Billy Calzada /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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An 18-wheeler is parked at the TA Truck Stop on Interstate 10 and Foster Road on Thursday night, May 6, 2021.Billy Calzada /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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An investigator holds evidence in a plastic bag from the trailer of an 18-wheeler.Billy Calzada /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
San Antonio has experienced four deadly officer-involved shooting incidents in less than a week
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Taylor Pettaway
In less than a week, there have been four officer-involved shootings in San Antonio. All four incidents resulted in at least one fatality.
Below are details of the recent officer-involved shootings:
April 15
A San Antonio Park Police officer is credited with stopping a potential mass shooting at the San Antonio International Airport. According to police, a man, later identified as 49-year-old Joe Gomez, was driving the wrong way on the lower level terminal and was stopped by Park police officer John Maines. Gomez then got out of his vehicle and began shooting at bystanders and the officer, police said. Maines returned fire, hitting Gomez twice. Police initially said that Gomez was killed by Maines, but the Bexar County Medical Examiner s office said Gomez died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
‘I don’t know how to handle this’: SAPD dispatch supervisors forced to step in during airport shooting call
Officers forced to assign themselves to call Thursday afternoon, records show
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SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police officers were forced to assign themselves to a shooting call at San Antonio International Airport Thursday, after a series of errors from a dispatcher, records and audio obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.
After Airport Police toned out a ‘shots fired’ call citywide Thursday afternoon, the dispatcher called a supervisor and said she did not know what to do, according to a critical incident checklist.