BEXAR COUNTY, Texas ā Officials have identified a man killed after deputies were forced to open fire when he brandished a weapon and ignored their commands as 55-year-old Jessee Bowers, according to Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
Man shot dead by Bexar County deputies on far West Side, officials sayāSome of us are still pretty stunned,ā said Miguel Montalvo, who has lived at his home on Gage Crossing for 15 years.
Salazar said a young man called them to monitor an exchange of personal belongings between him and Bowers, his father.
After deputies moved the young man out of harmās way, Salazar said they discovered Bowers behaving strangely, crouched between two cars in the garage.
As part of the Bexar County District Attorneyās new Civil Rights Unit, DA Joe Gonzales went to the scene after the shooting.