SAPD, Crime Stoppers search for person who killed street pastor in 2021

Crime Stoppers will pay $5,000 for info leading to an arrest

Troy Lee. (KSAT)

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police and Crime Stoppers are searching for the person who killed a 22-year-old street pastor on the Northwest Side more than three years ago.

Troy Lee was found stabbed just after 2 a.m. on June 28, 2021, in front of the Hilltop Oaks Apartments, located in the 6100 block of Ingram Road.

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He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

His family previously told KSAT that he was preaching the Gospel when he was attacked.

Lee had one daughter and another on the way.

“He was a beautiful soul,” his aunt Mikki Gallegos Gaitan told KSAT. “He spoke so positively to everyone. He would frequent the streets and preach the word of God.”

Police and Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s help in identifying his killer.

Crime Stoppers is guaranteeing $5,000 for information leading to an arrest.

Tips can be made by calling Crime Stoppers at 210-224-STOP, texting “Tip 127 plus your tip” to CRIMES (274637), or using the P3 Tips app. Tipsters can remain anonymous.


About the Author

Rebecca Salinas is an award-winning digital journalist who joined KSAT in 2019. She reports on a variety of topics for KSAT 12 News.

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