For the first time since being found not guilty in the 2023 shooting death of Melissa Perez, two of the three former San Antonio police officers are speaking publicly about the verdict and the toll the case took on them and their families.
Multiple organizations, including the San Antonio Police Officers Association, shared their reactions with KSAT to the three former SAPD officers acquitted in Melissa Perez's death.
Following approximately 90 minutes of deliberations, the jury returned not guilty verdicts for Eleazar Alejandro, Alfred Flores and Nathan Villalobos on Monday afternoon.
A longtime forensic criminologist ended testimony on Friday as the trial of three ex-SAPD officers charged in Melissa Perez’s 2023 death completed its 20th day.
One day after calling its first active SAPD officer to testify, the joint defense team called Kendall County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Thomas Matjeka, its fourth witness, to the stand on Wednesday.
The defense team representing three former San Antonio police officers charged in Melissa Perez's death called Travis Thompson, its first active officer, to the stand on Tuesday afternoon.
Lisa Miller, a former San Antonio police detective and sergeant, took the stand on Monday afternoon in the trial of three ex-officers charged in Melissa Perez’s 2023 death.
Bexar County prosecutors officially rested their case on Friday in the murder trial of three former SAPD officers.
Thom Nisbet, a co-defense attorney for ex-SAPD Sgt. Alfred Flores, grilled SAPD detective Ronald Soto in court on Thursday. Soto said he mixed up another detail in his investigation into Melissa Perez's 2023 death.
Tuesday’s court testimony shed new light on how San Antonio police filed arrest warrants for three ex-officers charged in Melissa Perez’s 2023 death.
The joint defense of three former SAPD officers asked presiding Judge Ron Rangel to bar state expert witnesses from taking the stand on Monday.
Defense attorneys for three ex-SAPD officers charged with murdering Melissa Perez and Bexar County prosecutors sparred on Thursday over the testimony from an SAPD detective who took a statement from former Sgt. Alfred Flores.
The person in charge of conducting Melissa Perez’s 2023 autopsy report took the stand on Wednesday afternoon.
During Monday’s testimony, San Antonio Police Department officer Andrew Chernak told jurors he believed the officers on the patio were justified in their actions at Melissa Perez’s apartment on June 23, 2023.
During Monday’s testimony, SAPD officer Andrew Chernak told jurors he believed the officers on the patio were justified in their actions at Melissa Perez’s apartment on June 23, 2023.
A chaotic Friday in court ended with a witness invoking their constitutional right, multiple denied mistrials and why a plan to enter Melissa Perez’s home never materialized.
A San Antonio police officer ended his nearly four-day stint on the stand on Thursday, and a second SAPD officer offered insight as to why he entered a Southwest Side woman’s apartment before it became a deadly encounter.
Only one witness took the stand for nearly four-and-a-half full hours of testimony on Tuesday. That same witness, SAPD officer Jesus Rojas, spent the entirety of Wednesday back on the bench.
The 2023 police shooting of Melissa Perez, a case that drew national attention, has resumed court proceedings on Monday morning.
Two days after a feisty pretrial hearing, the prosecution and the defense sparred once more on Day 1 of the ex-officers’ trial Friday inside the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center.
The case against three former San Antonio police officers charged in the 2023 shooting death of Melissa Perez, a woman who experienced a mental health crisis, will go to trial this week in a case that has drawn national attention and renewed scrutiny of police response protocols.
A pretrial hearing grew heated Wednesday as attorneys sparred over key issues ahead of the trial for three former San Antonio police officers charged in the death of Melissa Perez.
Three former San Antonio police officers who are accused of shooting and killing Melissa Perez in 2023 appeared in court on Wednesday ahead of their trial.
Defense attorneys for three former San Antonio police officers accused in the 2023 shooting death of Melissa Perez are questioning missing evidence and calling the investigation “botched” as the case nears trial.
The case of three former San Antonio police officers charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman inside her apartment had its first hearing reset before it could begin.
The case of three former San Antonio police officers charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman inside her apartment last summer has been moved to Judge Ron Rangel’s 379th Criminal District Court.
Judge Stephanie Boyd of the 187th District Court will not be presiding over the case of three former SAPD officers charged with fatally shooting a woman inside her apartment last summer.
A trial date has been set for three former SAPD officers charged with fatally shooting a woman inside her apartment last summer.
Just days before the one-year mark of her death, Melissa Perez’s family still can’t believe what happened.
It's rare for a law enforcement officer to be charged with murder in Bexar County. Attorneys say it's a challenge to try those cases.
Three San Antonio Police Department officers were indicted by a grand jury Thursday, nearly six months after the shooting death of a 46-year-old woman inside her Southwest Side apartment.
Two of the three San Antonio Police Department officers who were charged with murder last month have multiple past suspensions, records obtained by KSAT show.
The daughter of a woman killed by three San Antonio police officers and her attorney are speaking out days after the officers were charged with murder.
SAPD Chief William McManus said Friday night the officers didn’t follow department training or policy and “used deadly force, which was not reasonable given all the circumstances as we now understand them.”
The three San Antonio police officers who were charged with murder after gunning down a woman inside her apartment have been released on bond Saturday, court records show.
Three San Antonio police officers are charged with murder after gunning down a woman inside her apartment early Friday, according to Chief William McManus.