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SAPD arrest suspect in deadly Northeast Side shooting behind warehouse

21-year-old Kia Dotson is being charged with capital murder

A man has been arrested after shooting and killing another man during a robbery gone wrong on the Northeast Side, San Antonio police say.

21-year-old Kia Dotson is being charged with capital murder.

The San Antonio Police Department released surveillance video of the victim, 25-year-old Caesar Garcia, being shot and killed behind a Northeast Side warehouse earlier this week.

The surveillance video, posted to the department’s Facebook page, shows Garcia walking out of the building just after 4:30 p.m. Thursday. The warehouse is located along Northeast Loop 410 near FM 78.

In the video, two men, including Dotson, approach Garcia to meet up for some reason, according to SAPD.

As Garcia started to walk up a small flight of stairs, police believe Dotson and another male tried to rob him.

Police said Garcia tried to fight back, but Dotson and his accomplice shot him multiple times.

Garcia was pronounced dead at the scene.

The video also showed a black car, what SAPD described in the post as a “black Hyundai Sonata” and “missing a bumper,” that police believe was the getaway vehicle.

According to the department’s post, officers at the scene found Glock switches in small plastic baggies near Garcia’s body.

If anyone with information on the other suspect or the vehicle in the video, police suggest calling the SAPD Homicide Unit at (210) 207-7635.

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