First published at 01:38 UTC on June 12th, 2021.
San Antonio police release body-cam video of West Side shooting that left 2 dead, officer injured. The shooting happened around 11:27 a.m., April 16, in the 2300 block of Pinn Road when Officer Tyler Sauvage, a five-year veteran, conducted a traffic…
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San Antonio police release body-cam video of West Side shooting that left 2 dead, officer injured. The shooting happened around 11:27 a.m., April 16, in the 2300 block of Pinn Road when Officer Tyler Sauvage, a five-year veteran, conducted a traffic stop on a blue pickup truck.
Officer Tyler Sauvage made a traffic stop of a vehicle occupied by three individuals. During the stop, one of the occupants opened fire on the officer striking him on his hand. Sauvage managed to retreat and return fire, killing the passenger - 25-year-old Alex Anthony Garcia - as well as the driver, Sammie Joe Barbosa, 33.
A third occupant, a 22-year-old woman whose name hasn't been released, was graved in the upper torso by a bullet.
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