San Antonio Police Chief Talks About 7 Officers Shot
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus is at the scene of an officer-involved shooting that killed seven of his officers. The incident began on January 22, 2025, on the north side of the city. Credit: SAPD/Facebook
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seven San Antonio cops they were shot by a suicide bomber when they went to help.
SWAT teams arrived at the scene after the suspect shot all the officers, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said.
The suspect was later found dead in an apartment after an hours-long standoff on the city’s north side. McManus said it is not known if the suspect died of self-inflicted wounds or was killed by SWAT gunfire.
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San Antonio police lined the street outside the officer-involved shooting in Stone Oak. (KABB FOX 29 News)
The unidentified suspect had three arrests Jan. 18, McManus told reporters early Thursday morning at the scene, “two for assault and one for DWI.”
The suspect was at large when the shooting occurred in the Sonterra Heights apartment complex in 18700 block of Stone Oak Parkway, said the police.
The incident began on Wednesday shortly before 9 p.m. KABB FOX 29 San Antonio reports.
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A San Antonio Fire Department truck was seen at the scene of the officer-involved shooting. (KABB FOX 29 News)
“When I went outside, I saw that one of the SAPD officers had been shot,” apartment complex resident Joseph Loredo told a local TV station. – It looked like a wound on his leg because they put a tourniquet on him and then dragged him away.
He said he recorded the shootout between the officers and the suspect.
Seven San Antonio police officers were injured in the incident, which began on January 22, 2025 and did not end until the early morning of the next day. (KABB FOX 29 News)
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The police chief described the suspect as a man in his 40s and said the first call to police came from a family member.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
