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Barricaded suspect, woman found dead in murder-suicide at Northeast Side home, SAPD says

Children found in bathroom unharmed

SAN ANTONIO – A suspect was found dead after barricading in a closet at a Northeast Side home, according to San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.

McManus said police were at the scene in the 5100 block of Randolph Boulevard on Friday after a welfare check was conducted in the morning.

Officers found the suspect, 33, dead in the closet and a dead woman, 32. They also found children locked in a bathroom, McManus said.

The chief said the suspect’s death was self-inflicted.

McManus said the children were not harmed.

On Saturday, police officially labeled the case a murder-suicide.