SAN ANTONIO – Erik Cantu, who survived a shooting by a former San Antonio police officer in 2022, returned to court Tuesday after a motion was filed to have his probation revoked.
The motion was filed after Cantu, 20, was arrested for the sixth time back in December 2025 on a burglary of a habitation charge.
Watch Cantu’s full Tuesday morning court appearance in the below video player.
Cantu is accused of stealing a tablet from Emily Proulx, 21, who is the mother of Cantu’s child. Proulx has since asked the court at the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office to drop the burglary charge.
According to court records, Cantu also allegedly failed to comply with the rules and regulations regarding his house arrest and did not ask permission to leave his home.
Cantu appeared Tuesday before Judge Stephanie Boyd in Bexar County’s 187th Criminal District Court. Cantu was accompanied by defense attorney Lindsey Shaw.
Meredith Chacon, a court-appointed defense attorney, appeared on behalf of Proulx.
Both attorneys told Boyd that they needed to review new information they received earlier Tuesday morning and asked for a delay in Cantu’s probation revoking hearing. Boyd agreed to their requests.
During a hearing last November, Cantu, who was on deferred adjudication, was re-sentenced to eight years’ probation. He was also told that if he violated his probation conditions, his sentence would be lengthened to 10 years in prison.
Cantu last appeared in court on Jan. 15 for a bond hearing via Zoom. Bonds totaling $180,000 were set, and he has since fulfilled that amount.
Former San Antonio Police Department officer James Brennand, who has been charged with aggravated assault by a public servant for shooting Cantu, is still awaiting a trial date. If convicted, Brennand faces up to life in prison.
Cantu’s next court appearance is set for March 2.
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