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San Antonio man found not guilty in 2020 shooting death

Jury deliberates for about two hours before returning not guilty verdict in Bobby Solis murder trial

Bobby Solis in court on Tuesday (KSAT)

SAN ANTONIO – A jury on Thursday found a San Antonio man not guilty of murder in a 2020 shooting death.

Jurors deliberated for about two hours before finding Bobby Solis not guilty.

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Solis was accused of fatally shooting John Eric Garcia at a West Side apartment complex.

According to an arrest affidavit, witnesses told police that they saw Solis in the complex’s parking lot in the 1100 block of Callaghan Road at the time of the shooting.

The witnesses also said they saw Garcia going out to meet with Solis and heard gunshots a few minutes later.

Solis didn’t deny that he was with Garcia, but said another person was the one who shot Garcia, and he had nothing to do with it.

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Erica Hernandez is an Emmy award-winning journalist with 15 years of experience in the broadcast news business. Erica has covered a wide array of stories all over Central and South Texas. She's currently the court reporter and cohost of the podcast Texas Crime Stories.

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