{"id":779539,"date":"2026-05-07T11:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/779539\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:39:19","slug":"we-want-justice-family-seeking-answers-after-sapd-swat-officers-shoot-kill-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/779539\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We want justice\u2019: Family seeking answers after SAPD SWAT officers shoot, kill man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 The family of a man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/06\/sapd-to-provide-information-on-shooting-involving-officer-on-south-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/06\/sapd-to-provide-information-on-shooting-involving-officer-on-south-side\/\">shot and killed<\/a> by San Antonio police SWAT officers say they want answers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The man has been identified as Damian Barajas, 30, by family and the Bexar County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office. The medical examiner\u2019s office told KSAT he died of multiple gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Family and friends remembered Barajas on Wednesday with a vigil at the apartment complex where he died. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe want answers,\u201d Leeila Barajas, his sister, said. \u201cWe want justice for our brother.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to the San Antonio Police Department, covert and SWAT units were told about a suspect with multiple felony warrants. Officers conducted surveillance of that man and located him at the apartment complex off West Dickson Avenue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAPD said that as the suspect approached in a vehicle, officers utilized a flash bang. Police then said the suspect allegedly pulled out a gun and fired multiple times toward the officers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">That\u2019s when two officers \u2014 Jonathan Reyes and Salvator Hernandez \u2014 fired and killed him. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Both officers have been placed on administrative leave as the investigation is conducted. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Barajas\u2019 family said they want details on why their brother was shot, what weapon he allegedly used and how he was treated after he died. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KSAT reached out to SAPD around 9 p.m. on Wednesday directly about those concerns and have yet to hear back as of 10 p.m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At the vigil Wednesday night, KSAT was provided with videos recorded by witnesses at the shooting. KSAT is reviewing those clips and will update this story. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The family of a man shot and killed by San Antonio police SWAT officers say&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":779540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,4219,7202,7203,7725,101,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,229812],"class_list":{"0":"post-779539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-sanantonio","12":"tag-sapd","13":"tag-shooting","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa","22":"tag-we-follow-through"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116533105152247635","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}