San Antonio Police Department releases footage after 5 officers shoot, kill man with shotgun

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San Antonio, TX - The San Antonio Police Department says there is no clear view of the victim in any of the cameras worn by the five officers who killed a man in an East Side shooting last month.

The department on Saturday released footage and 911 calls from the morning of Aug. 29, when officers responded to reports of shots fired just after 10:30 a.m. in the 800 block of Cherry Street.

Audio released by the department shows two callers describing a man with a shotgun.

One caller described a man threatening him near a skate park, before entering his home and grabbing what appeared to be a shotgun.

“He is, like, pointing it at people,” the caller said. “He pointed it at me when I drove by.”

Another caller described seeing a man shooting a rifle in the air.

“There is a gentleman with, like a rifle, in his front yard,” the other caller said. “He just shot it straight up into the sky.”

The department released footage from only two cameras, one body-worn camera angle and one from the dash camera of a patrol vehicle.

“Because of the tactical position of officers, officers’ body-worn cameras did not have a clear view of the suspect,” Detective Robert Dart said in a narrated version of the video.

The video from the patrol car shows a figure in a doorway, but the footage does not provide a clear view of the man, later identified as 41-year-old Jaime Gonzalez.

Dart said the officers attempted to communicate with Gonzalez, but he opened the door with a shotgun and aimed it at the officers.

An officer can be heard in the body-worn camera footage saying, “side door opening,” before another officer says, “gun.”

The body-worn camera footage is cut off shortly after, and switches to the dash camera, where the man is then shown in the doorway for 15 seconds before being shot.

Police said five officers shot and killed Gonzalez in his backyard.