Three members of the San Antonio Police Department were arrested and charged with murder hours after officers fatally shot a woman who had swung a hammer toward them during a “mental health crisis,” officials said.
The officers — Eleazar Alejandro, Nathaniel Villalobos and Sgt. Alfred Flores — were released on bond Saturday, a day after they were charged, according to Bexar County jail records. The three were also suspended without pay, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said at a news conference on Friday.
“They placed themselves in a situation where they used deadly force which was not reasonable given all the circumstances as we now understand them,” McManus said, adding that the police department and Bexar County district attorney’s office are investigating the incident.that the chief followed “all necessary protocols” after the incident and that the officers had been suspended indefinitely.
Police arrived at the complex where Perez lived after midnight on Friday. When they tried to walk her to a patrol car, she went into her apartment and locked the door, McManus said. Officers began trying to speak with her through an open window after they saw damage to the fire alarm, determining it was felony criminal mischief, McManus said.released Friday shows at least one officer follow the woman to the first-floor apartment, where he jumps over a balcony railing and onto a patio.
Video later shows two officers jump over the patio railing and onto Perez’s patio. She then swung the hammer and hit the window, shattering its glass, McManus said. One officer fired multiple times into the apartment but did not hit Perez, he said. After the shots were fired, Perez backed away.The next time she came toward the window, officers again begin shooting, according to the body-camera footage. Perez was struck at least twice, McManus said, and was declared dead at the scene.
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