SAPD: Good Samaritan fatally shot outside Northwest Side Walmart - mySanAntonio.com
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Updated 9:48 pm, Friday, November 25, 2016
San Antonio police investigate the scene of a shooting with a person killed in the Walmart parking lot on Vance Jackson, Friday Nov. 25, 2016.
San Antonio police investigate the scene of a shooting with a person killed in the Walmart parking lot on Vance Jackson, Friday Nov. 25, 2016.
Photo: Bob Owen
San Antonio police investigate the scene of a shooting with a person killed in the Walmart parking lot on Vance Jackson, Friday Nov. 25, 2016.
San Antonio police investigate the scene of a shooting with a person killed in the Walmart parking lot on Vance Jackson, Friday Nov. 25, 2016.
Photo: Bob Owen, San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio police investigate the scene of a shooting with a person killed in the Walmart parking lot on Vance Jackson, Friday Nov. 25, 2016.
San Antonio police investigate the scene of a shooting with a person killed in the Walmart parking lot on Vance Jackson, Friday Nov. 25, 2016.
Photo: Bob Owen, San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio police investigate the scene of a shooting with a person killed in the Walmart parking lot on Vance Jackson, Friday Nov. 25, 2016.
San Antonio police investigate the scene of a shooting with a person killed in the Walmart parking lot on Vance Jackson, Friday Nov. 25, 2016.
Photo: Bob Owen, San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio police investigate the scene of a shooting with a person killed in the Walmart parking lot on Vance Jackson, Friday Nov. 25, 2016.
San Antonio police investigate the scene of a shooting with a person killed in the Walmart parking lot on Vance Jackson, Friday Nov. 25, 2016.
Photo: Bob Owen, San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio emergency crews responded to a scene at a Northwest Side Walmart at around 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016.
San Antonio emergency crews responded to a scene at a Northwest Side Walmart at around 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016.
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SAN ANTONIO — A Good Samaritan trying to stop what appeared to be a domestic beating was shot and killed Friday afternoon in the parking lot of a Northwest Side Walmart in front of at least a dozen witnesses.
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told media at the scene that a man had been assaulting his female companion in the Walmart parking lot at 1603 Vance Jackson Road and was pulling her hair when a witness stopped his vehicle, rolled down his window and shouted, “Get your hands off her.”
The suspect then drew a handgun and fired at the Good Samaritan, striking him in the neck and killing him, McManus said. A woman in the car with the Good Samaritan was struck by shrapnel and injured.
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McManus said another woman who was farther away in the parking lot but not involved in the confrontation was struck by a stray bullet and was critically injured.
Both injured women were taken to University Hospital for treatment, McManus said. Officials said both are expected to survive their injuries.
The woman who was being assaulted escaped uninjured, McManus said.
Eagle, SAPD’s helicopter, followed the attacker as he fled the scene, McManus said. He was apprehended at Cupples and Castroville roads without incident.
The suspect was later identified by police as Teles Juarez, 21, who will be charged with murder and aggravated assault.
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Anthony Diaz, 36, a senior tech support adviser at Apple and a witness to the shooting, said he began shooting video from his cell phone about one minute after the last shots were fired.
“I was just pulling into park,” said Diaz by phone Friday evening, “when I heard at least two shots about 30 yards away from me. By the time I realized what was going on, the shooter was in his truck fleeing the parking lot...I went first to the lady (bystander) in the parking lot. She was on her stomach saying, ‘I don’t wanna die.’ I have some medical training and I knew it was arterial blood. Very bright red. There was not much I could do.”
When Diaz approached the Good Samaritan’s vehicle, a small white sedan, the man inside was slumped into the passenger seat.
“He was hit in the back of the ear and I could tell it was fatal. There were also two bullet holes fired into the driver’s side of the car below the window. I think they were fired from pretty close range. The shots were loud, large caliber,” Diaz recalled.
“I saw the shooter jump into his truck and didn’t think anything of it until everyone was running for cover,” Diaz said.
This story will be updated as more information is available.
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