SAN ANTONIO – A man has been arrested for murder after a standoff in connection with a homicide on the East Side, according to San Antonio police.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting just before 11 a.m. Sunday in the 2200 block of East Commerce Street.
When they arrived, a 19-year-old man was found dead with gunshot wounds in a vehicle.
On Wednesday morning, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Jordan Eli Bocanegra.
Bocanegra’s cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head. The manner of death is being investigated as a homicide, according to the ME.
Police, citing witnesses, said the vehicle came to a stop near the intersection of South Polaris and East Commerce streets when shots were heard.
Officers determined that 29-year-old Mark Criollo was identified as the shooter, and an arrest warrant for murder was issued, according to a second preliminary report.
Street Crimes officers and covert detectives later located Criollo in the backyard of a home in the 800 block of Potomac around 2 p.m., the second report said.
Investigators set up a perimeter around the home and worked to get Criollo out.
SWAT units later arrived at the scene and took Criollo into custody around 1:30 a.m. on Monday.
SAPD’s report did not indicate if Criollo was armed at any point during the Potomac standoff.
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