Man shot, killed by SAPD officer in exchange of gunfire in Motel 6 parking lot, Chief McManus says
A San Antonio Police Department Street Crimes officer shot and killed a suspect at a motel on the city’s far West Side late Tuesday night, according to San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
State of the City – 11/22/23
The UT System unanimously approved a vote to uphold a commitment to free speech on its campuses. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus denies there was special treatment given to Councilman Clayton Perry for his behavior in a hit-and-run investigation.
paisano-online.comSAPD chief: Councilman ‘was not given any special treatment’ in hit-and-run case
Questions about why Clayton Perry wasn’t immediately arrested on the night of his hit-and-run crash on Nov. 6 have lingered in many San Antonians’ minds. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus, though, says his officer simply did not have enough to arrest the councilman when he found Perry lying in his own backyard with a visible head injury.
SAPD officer suspended after following through with threat to pull over tow truck company vehicle
A San Antonio Police Department officer was suspended 20 days this summer after making good on a threat to pull over a tow truck driver who worked for a specific company, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
‘Failure for one individual police officer’: Charges filed against former officer who shot teen in McDonald’s parking lot, SAPD says
A former San Antonio police officer who shot 17-year-old Erik Cantu in the parking lot of a San Antonio McDonald’s on Oct. 2 bonded out of jail after turning himself in on Tuesday evening, according to jail records and Police Chief William McManus.
Officer responding to disturbance call shoots, wounds man after being struck by vehicle, SAPD Chief McManus says
An officer responding to a disturbance call shot and wounded a man after being hit by a vehicle in the parking lot of a North Side fast food restaurant late Sunday night, according to San Antonio police.
City of San Antonio faces uphill battle with problematic landlords, housing crisis
San Antonio Councilwoman Melissa Cabello-Havrda, Police Chief William McManus, city staff, and West Side residents dropped in on a local apartment complex that’s been on the city’s radar for years after facing many issues.
McManus at 2017 scene of migrants found in trailer: ‘We are not involving ICE in this investigation’
After San Antonio police on Monday evening discovered more than 40 people dead in a tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side, officials within hours handed off the investigation to federal immigration authorities and took on a support role.
‘Quite a few of them are already deceased:’ Dispatch calls from EMS responders reveal new details about tractor-trailer tragedy
Radio chatter from emergency responders is giving a more in-depth look at the mass casualty event where a large number of migrants were discovered in a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio.
San Antonio Archdiocese, Franciscan priests call on community to unite after 46 people found dead in trailer
Both the San Antonio Archdiocese and Franciscan priests called on the community to unite in prayer and support after nearly 50 people were found dead in a trailer on the Southwest Side late Monday night.
Arbitrator upholds firing of SAPD officer who sent woman her own ‘intimate’ photos
A twice-fired San Antonio Police officer has lost an attempt to win his job back after he was fired for using a series of spoofed phone numbers to harass a woman with graphic photos, including her own “intimate, personal selfies.”
SAPD wants to add up to 50 more officers; East and West Side council members against it
Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez and Councilwoman Teri Castillo were the only dissenting council members in a 7-2 vote on whether to pursue a grant of up to $6.25 million through the U.S. Department of Justice, which would help pay for up to 50 new police officer positions. The pair of freshman council members, who represent the East and West Sides respectively, raised concerns about whether adding officers would help reduce crime and about the increase to SAPD’s budget that would results from it.