Airport shooter had history of arrests
Brian Chasnoff, Marina Starleaf Riker, Peggy O’Hare, Sig Christenson, Staff writers
April 16, 2021
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About six years ago, Joe Gomez got his guns back.
Police had seized the firearms a shotgun, three handguns and two assault rifles after the military veteran with a criminal history was arrested in 2014 on suspicion of felony possession of marijuana. About a year later, a judge signed an order for police to release the weapons, including a .45-caliber handgun, to Gomez’s attorney, according to court records.
On Thursday afternoon, a man armed with a .45-caliber handgun who was identified by a police source as 46-year-old Gomez nearly unleashed a mass shooting at San Antonio International Airport. Police say quick action by San Antonio Park Police Officer John Maines, who was working a post at the airport, stopped a potential massacre.
A man who opened fire from a highway ramp and then at the San Antonio International Airport, who was fatally shot by police on Thursday, has been identified.
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‘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.
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