SAN ANTONIO – A 25-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a deadly shooting at a Northwest Side motel, according to booking records obtained by KSAT.
A department spokesperson said officers found a 53-year-old man shot after responding to a shots-fired call just before 10 a.m. Tuesday in the 7100 block of Northwest Loop 410, near Culebra Road.
The victim was shot “several” times in his torso, police said, and though San Antonio Fire Department personnel tried to revive him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman staying at the motel said she heard “arguing” and “like six gun shots.”
The woman, who asked not to be identified, told KSAT that two men and two women were there in addition to the victim.
She told KSAT that while in her own room, she heard “shuffling” and then later heard “more of like fighting and stuff. And I heard a woman yell. She started yelling, ‘Help me.’ And then after like — they got outside up there, I just heard gunshots."
The witness said the two men got into a vehicle and left and that one of the women drove off in the victim’s car.
“We heard the woman. She was like, ‘Get his car. Get his car.’ She was telling her to get his car and go,” she told KSAT.
Richard Cervera was detained near the scene at Alamo Downs Parkway, less than 15 minutes after police were called. He reportedly had blood on his clothes.
Booking records indicate that Cervera was being processed for murder.
Police confirmed to KSAT 12 on Wednesday that Cervera is the victim’s nephew.
Further investigation revealed there were other possible suspects at a home in the 5200 block of Rita Avenue, police said, where they found the victim’s vehicle as well as a possible suspect vehicle.
A perimeter was then established around the home on Rita Avenue as officers called the suspects outside. Police said that search warrants were issued for both locations; the Rita Avenue scene was treated as a criminal barricade situation.
Eventually, SAPD said that the people inside the home were questioned and later released. SAPD’s Raven Unit was cleared from the scene afterward.
The standoff ended just before 1 p.m., an SAPD lieutenant said.
The department said its investigation is ongoing.
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly listed Cervera’s age. The correct age is now in the story.
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