San Antonio man gets 45 years in prison for shooting tattoo artist

SAN ANOTNIO – A San Antonio man was sentenced to prison on Friday for a shooting that resulted in the death of a tattoo artist outside a South Side home five years ago.

Raymond Hernandez, 33, received 45 years behind bars for shooting tattoo artist Leonel Chavez on April 3, 2021. He was 46 years old.

Hernandez was convicted of murder, a first-degree felony.

Chavez was at a friends house in the 800 block of West Baetz Boulevard near Commercial Avenue before Hernandez approached and shot him just before 10 p.m., a district attorney’s press release said.

A neighbor who heard the gunshot called San Antonio police as Hernandez fled the scene on foot, KSAT reported in 2021.

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He was shortly taken into custody and SAPD said Hernandez still had a gun at the time of his arrest.

Hernandez visited the home “to get a tattoo,” according to the district attorney’s office.

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