The suspect, who was hit multiple times, is in critical condition. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX CrimeNews Texas PoliceShootings
San Antonio Police Chief speaks to reporters outside the Luxury Inn on Jan. 4 following a shooting by two police officers.
Two San Antonio police officers are on administrative duty after shooting and critically wounding a 44-year-old man at a West Side hotel Wednesday night,McManus told reporters that the officers, who haven't been publicly identified, responded to a call about an armed man threatening people at the Luxury Inn at 1404 Culebra Road near Woodlawn Lake. However, the pair initially left the scene after failing to find the suspect.
The officers were summoned to the hotel a second time after receiving a call about a man"arguing and waving a gun around," according to the chief. Witnesses told the two, on their arrival, that the man had since returned to a room on the property. Officers knocked on the room's door and the suspect greeted them with a gun, prompting the pair to open fire. The suspect, who also hasn't been publicly identified, was hit multiple times in the torso and transported to a local hospital.The officers, both six-year veterans of the department, are on administrative duty pending an investigation by the Bexar County District Attorney's Office, the chief said.
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