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‘Innocent’ high school teacher and coach murdered at rooftop bar event after ‘stray bullet’ possibly fired from highway struck her in the back, cops say
A 28-year-old Jasper County, Texas, teacher who was in San Antonio from several hours away to attend a high school coaches convention was killed at a rooftop bar event early Tuesday by a “stray bullet” that may have been fired from nearby I-37 at random. Now authorities have opened a murder investigation.
Mother of backseat passenger, longtime friend of BCSO deputy killed in wrong-way crash speaks out
SAN ANTONIO — A memorial was held Wednesday afternoon in Elmendorf to remember 20-year-old Bexar County deputy Meredith Portillo. She was killed along with her good friend, Koree Alcoser. His mother, Peggy Gaeta told KENS 5 that Portillo and her son had been friends since middle school. "He had...
US Army worker who stole nearly $109 million to buy mansions and luxury cars is sentenced
A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing nearly $109 million from a youth development program for children of military families and using it to fund an extravagant lifestyle that included multiple mansions, a fleet of luxury cars and designer accessories was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison.
Couple caught on camera giving high-five after robbing elderly man, SAPD says
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a couple that was caught on video celebrating after they allegedly robbed an elderly man. According to a preliminary police report, officers were called to a home in the 4400 block of West...
Caught on camera: Vandal on a rampage smashes plate glass from storefronts and vehicles in the medical center area
SAN ANTONIO — Mayhem in the medical center area started around 4 a.m. Tuesday. A surveillance camera at a business on Babcock Road near Louis Pasteur captured clear images of a man on a mission. The man, who can be seen in hospital type scrubs and socks, appears to...
CPS Energy worker fatally electrocuted while repairing power lines identified
UPDATE (5:00 P.M.) - The CPS Energy Lineman who was killed early Tuesday morning after being electrocuted has been identified. Lineman Clayton Kloesel had been with CPS Energy for 11 years. Kloesel is survived by his wife and three children. His father and wife are both members of the CPS Energy.
SAPD identifies suspect connected with deadly shooting of Sonic manager
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police identified a suspect connected with the fatal shooting of a Sonic Drive-In manager in early July on the Northwest Side of San Antonio. The shooting happened around 9:40 p.m. on July 7 at a Sonic restaurant in the 5500 block of Babcock Road, not far from Huebner Road and near the Medical Center area.
Officials searching for missing Bexar County teen
SAN ANTONIO — Officials in Bexar County are asking for your help in finding a missing teenager who was last seen Monday on the north side of town. Macy McGrane, 17, is 5'3" tall, weighs about 140 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a gray hoodie and blue jean shorts near the 27000 block of Quartz Way not far from Blanco Road Monday night around 10 p.m.
People frustrated by lack of arrests in Sonic manager’s shooting death
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – San Antonio police hope a few pictures might provides clues that will lead them to a suspect in the shooting death of a Sonic Drive-In manager. Police on Tuesday released a new photo and named their main suspect in the case, Adiah Namir Roberson, 17.
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