SAN ANTONIO – A man in his 20s surrendered peacefully to Bexar County sheriff’s officials after he was holed up in a home where a man in his 40s was found dead, Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 25000 block of Whistling Acres in north Bexar County after a neighbor found the victim with multiple stab wounds to his upper body, Salazar said.
When deputies entered the home and located the victim, that’s when the suspect barricaded himself in a back room armed with a knife, Salazar said.
Negotiators and a mental health unit got in contact with the man, who Salazar said suffers from mental health issues. Negotiators were able to get the man to throw the knife and surrender.
“The negotiators did a great job convincing him," Salazar said. “They were able to talk to him through an upstairs window, and they were able to convince him to throw the weapon down before coming out and giving himself up."
Salazar said the victim appeared to have been dead for a minimum of several hours to a maximum of two days.
The case is being handled as a homicide.
Salazar said the man will probably be charged with murder charge, but investigators will consider the suspect’s mental state and the motive.
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