SAN ANTONIO – A 29-year-old man arrested on Monday is accused of fatally shooting his cousin on the West Side, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by KSAT.
Alejandro Antonio Cruz faces a murder charge in connection with the death of Anthony Sanchez, 35, Bexar County court records indicate.
Officers said they were dispatched on a shooting call just before 8 a.m. Saturday in the 900 block of San Fernando Street.
When officers arrived on scene, they found Sanchez with two gunshot wounds: one in his arm and the other in his head, the affidavit stated.
Sanchez was rushed to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
According to the affidavit, Sanchez’s wife heard a gunshot and went to check on him. The affidavit stated that she found Sanchez with a gunshot wound to his arm.
Sanchez told his wife to call 911, which prompted her to leave her husband’s side momentarily to retrieve her cellphone, a San Antonio police detective wrote in the affidavit.
Before the second gunshot, Sanchez’s wife heard her husband call someone “cuz,” which is shortform slang for “cousin.” In the affidavit, Sanchez then said something that sounded like, “No don’t do it cuz.”
Sanchez’s wife heard the second gunshot when she left to get her cellphone, SAPD wrote in the affidavit. She then returned to find her husband with a second gunshot wound: this time, to the head, documents show.
Witnesses told investigators that they saw Cruz shoot Sanchez twice.
Cruz was identified as the shooter in a six-photograph lineup, according to the affidavit.
He was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center. A judge set his bond at $250,000 bond, records show.
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