SAN ANTONIO – The only Laredo police officer still hospitalized after being shot on Friday has been moved out of the Intensive Care Unit of University Hospital and to a regular room.
Agapito Perez is the only officer still hospitalized after the shooting. The department said he now has enough strength to walk.
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Officers Arturo Vela and Mario Casares Jr. were released from University Hospital and San Antonio Military Medical center Sunday night.
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The trio recovering in San Antonio were among four officers who were wounded in a shootout in Laredo Friday that stemmed from a manhunt for a murder suspect. The officers were attempting to apprehend a 55-year-old murder suspect, Antonio Gerardo Rodriguez.
Investigators believe Rodriguez is responsible for killing his girlfriend, 50-year-old Reyna Gonzalez Zamora.
Zamora's body was found at an apartment early Friday morning. That's when police sent out a public lookout notice for the suspect who was considered “armed and dangerous.”
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Rodriguez did not go quietly. He exchanged gunfire with officers, hitting three of them. A fourth officer was injured due to glass shrapnel.
The murder suspect was also shot. He died on the way to the hospital.
Each officer has between 9 and 26 years of experience.
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