Family of bus passenger shot, killed by VIA Transit police still looking for answers
Shooting reported near San Pedro and West Olmos
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SAN ANTONIO – It’s been almost two weeks and still, the family of 28-year-old Terry Wayne Bishop is looking for answers.
Bishop was on board the bus traveling up to San Pedro Avenue near West Olmos at the time of the incident. VIA Transit Police Chief Mark Witherell said two officers were called about Bishop being armed.
Bishop’s family is now demanding to see the bus’s surveillance camera footage. Bishop’s stepsister said they’ve had plenty of time to review the footage that showed exactly what happened that day.
The first incident happened just after 4 p.m. inside a VIA bus.
Two officers were called about an armed man who was on a bus traveling on San Pedro Avenue near West Olmos, according to VIA Transit Police Chief Mark Witherell.
Witherell said that when the VIA Transit officers arrived and boarded the bus, “something transpired” and officers opened fire on the man, killing him. He did not elaborate on what transpired. He said four to six others were on board the bus at the time but no one else was injured.
The shooting investigation will be conducted by the San Antonio Police Department. A new SAPD policy calls for body camera footage of police shootings to be released within 60 days, or for the department to provide a reason for withholding the video. In the past, body cam footage has contradicted local law enforcement s preliminary statements about certain shootings.
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