SAN ANTONIO – A man attacked Bexar County deputy constables after they tried to evict him on Wednesday afternoon on the Northwest Side, according to the chief deputy.
The incident happened just after 2:30 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 4400 block of Gardendale Road, not far from Wurzbach and Fredericksburg Roads near the Medical Center.
Chief Deputy Don Tijerina said a team with the Bexar County Constable’s Office Precinct 2 had a court order to evict the 58-year-old man.
The male suspect barricaded himself in an apartment, and an entry team was called.
They tried to negotiate, but the man refused to leave the apartment, Tijerina said.
As they entered the apartment, the man confronted the deputy constables with a sharp weapon, and there was a physical confrontation. The suspect did not have a gun.
“He engaged them right away ... and he had a weapon,” Tijerina said, adding that they tried to use a stun gun on him twice. “He just refused to cooperate.”
One deputy constable was cut in the head, and the other had a laceration.
Both were taken to a nearby hospital. One deputy constable was released Wednesday night while the other remains hospitalized for further observation.
The deputy constables have a combined 32 years in law enforcement.
The suspect is in custody and was not identified. He had some injuries in the “hand-to-hand combat” and was taken to a hospital before being transported to Bexar County Jail.
KSAT has a crew at the scene. This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
