SAN ANTONIO – Seven San Antonio police officers who were wounded this week during a gun battle with an armed man are all on the road to recovery.
>> LATEST: 7 SAPD officers injured in Stone Oak shooting, suspect killed
An SAPD spokesman said Friday afternoon that all but one of the officers has been released from a hospital.
Police identified the officers as Jesus Hilario-Marquez, Kyle Rainey, Dean Rosetta, Jacob Barcena, Ryan O’Hara, William Perez and Jorge Ramos.
SAPD said they all have between three and seven years of service with the department.
Police identified the gunman earlier this week as Brandon Scott Poulos, 46.
A report from the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office shows Poulos died from multiple gunshot wounds. His death was ruled a homicide.
>> Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office completes report on man killed in Stone Oak shooting
According to a preliminary SAPD report, Poulos began firing at officers around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday after they showed up at the Sonterra Heights apartments, located near Stone Oak Parkway and Loop 1604.
The first responding officers were answering what began as a call for a suicide in progress.
SAPD then had calls for shots being fired.
>> TIMELINE: Brandon Poulos’ previous arrests that led up to Stone Oak shooting
During the confrontation and ensuing hours-long standoff, neighbors ducked for cover from the gunfire.
“My two neighbors on the second floor that face this way, they were able to come and stay in my apartment with us,” Maria Villalobos said, gesturing toward the building where the shooting happened.
Villalobos said while she felt she was out of harm’s way physically, the thought of what happened affected her mentally.
“It’s a horrible situation,” she said, “So, my thoughts and prayers for his family and everyone affected.”
The shooting also left visible damage on the building.
Pockmarks and bullet holes dot the walls, and the windows in the directly impacted apartment are shattered.
The whole unit was boarded up until Friday morning when relatives of Poulus showed up and asked to be allowed inside.
At least one other apartment unit nearby also sustained damage.
A resident from the apartment complex said his apartment was flooded, seemingly from a burst water pipe.
By mid-morning, a crew with a restoration company had arrived at the property to make repairs.
People who live there, meanwhile, are doing their best to heal.
“We just, kind of, checked on each other and made sure we were feeling OK,” Villalobos said. “(We’re) a little shaken up. I mean, it’s not every day that you go through something like this.”
The common hope among the residents is that they never have to go through anything like that again.
Related KSAT coverage:
