Man found dead in NW Side home had been wanted on child porn charges, federal complaint says

SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man found dead at a house on the city’s Northwest Side.

Ruben Huerta died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest Wednesday night.

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A federal criminal complaint said Huerta was a former Bexar County detention officer and a San Antonio park officer. He was wanted for allegedly receiving and distributing child pornography.

The FBI and the San Antonio Police Department were at the home Wednesday night after a gunshot was heard in the home near Ingram and Callaghan roads.

KSAT's Deven Clarke will have more on this story on the Nightbeat at 10.


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