Man shot, killed by truck owner after stealing vehicle on Southeast Side identified by medical examiner
A man in his 30s who stole a vehicle from a North Side home on Wednesday was shot and killed after the owners of the pickup truck tracked it down on the Southeast Side and took matters into their own hands, according to San Antonio police.
MEโs Office identifies driver killed in vehicle crash downtown
SAN ANTONIO โ Update:The Bexar County Medical Examiner has identified a man killed in a vehicle crash downtown early Friday. According to police, De La Rosa was heading southbound on I-35 and took the exit ramp to Frio Street. The person named in a previous version of this article was a victim in another motor vehicle crash on Friday. AdOriginal:A man is dead after he was ejected during a vehicle crash downtown early Friday morning, San Antonio police said. The driver failed to negotiate the curve, crashed into a wall on the ramp and the truck fell off the exit ramp.
Bexar County commissioners approve funding to aid medical examinerโs office facing increased workload
SAN ANTONIO โ This week, Bexar County Commissioners Court, in a unanimous vote, approved a request for additional funding from the chief Bexar County medical examiner to deal with the exponential increase in the MEโs officeโs workload. โLast year, we saw a 17% workload, and weโre used to 5%,โ Dr. Kimberly Molina told commissioners. โWe have six doctors handling the workload of nine.โShe said, in addition to hiring part-time medical examiners, she needs additional office staff. The Medical Examinerโs Office currently has a staff of 56. Molina said the shortage of personnel could have a negative impact on the Medical Examinerโs Officeโs accreditation.
Medical Examiner IDโs victim of deadly shooting on East Side
SAN ANTONIO โ The Bexar County Medical Examiner has identified the victim of a deadly shooting on the East Side. Jorge Lerma, 22, died from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the MEโs Office. One of the bullets struck Lerma in the chest, who was sitting inside of his vehicle at the time, police said. Lerma was taken to the Brooke Army Medical Center in serious condition. RELATED: 1 man dead, 4 suspects at large following East Side shooting, police say
Bexar County MEโs Office identifies bodies found on East Side street
SAN ANTONIO โ The Bexar County Medical Examinerโs Office has now identified both bodies found on an East Side street last Thursday. The MEโs office identified the bodies as those of 20-year-old Ruben Eduardo Soto and 28-year-old Mathew Hilam Lopez. Patrolling officer finds pair fatally shot, lying in East Side street, police sayThe menโs bodies were found with gunshot wounds on Fredonia Street early Thursday morning, not far from South Palmetto and South New Braunfels avenues. The MEโs office ruled both deaths as homicides. Anyone with information is asked to call San Antonio police.
MEโs office identifies woman killed in alleged love triangle
SAN ANTONIO โ The medical examinerโs office has identified a victim in an alleged love triangle that left one woman dead and another in jail. Officials say the victim, who the MEโs office identified as 40-year-old Yvette Salinas, went to a home on Seashell Drive -- not far from Five Palms and West Military -- late Tuesday night to confront 35-year-old Priscilla Caballero. Woman arrested in alleged love-triangle slaying at Southwest Side home, police sayInvestigators say they believe the two women were romantically involved with the same man who lives on Seashell Drive. Police say the women got into a fight, and Caballero shot Salinas in the head and fled the scene. Caballero was later arrested and is now facing murder charges in the case.
Man hit, killed by vehicle on NE Side identified
SAN ANTONIO โ The Bexar County Medical Examinerโs Office has identified a pedestrian who was hit and killed by a vehicle late Monday night. Paul Ralph Pardo, 46, was found by a passerby lying in the street just before midnight near the intersection of Nacogdoches Road and Salado Cliff Drive. Pardo was pronounced dead at the scene. The MEโs Office said Pardo died of multiple blunt force injuries.