SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department detained two men barricaded in a vacant apartment after a call for an armed robbery Thursday morning.
In a preliminary report, SAPD identified the two men as David Thurston and Micahel Aguirre.
Police responded to the robbery around 10:45 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 3500 block of Pin Oak Drive.
A security worker told authorities that he was robbed at gunpoint by three people while performing a routine check of the complex.
Responding officers identified two people who matched the victim’s descriptions.
SAPD said Thurston and Aguirre ran into a vacant apartment and barricaded themselves. Police said they “tunneled through walls” of the apartment’s drywall as they evaded authorities.
SWAT was called to the scene and deployed tear gas and flash bangs to bring Thurston and Aguirre out of the apartment.
Thurston and Aguirre were later taken into custody. Police said one of them was “definitely involved” in the robbery, but the other person could have “got involved by accident.”
Police said there is “no sign” of the third person who may have been involved.
“We don’t know where he may have been hiding or if he actually kept going,” an SAPD officer at the scene said.
SAPD said the complex is a known location for squatters. It is unclear if Thurston and Aguirre were staying at the apartments.
Police said the gun used in the robbery has not yet been recovered.
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