Texas Police Officer Who Died of Heart Attack While Responding to Shooting Identified
By Taylor Pettaway
Source San Antonio Express-News
SAN ANTONIO -- The Alamo Colleges Police Department has identified the officer who suffered a fatal heart attack while responding to a shooting Tuesday night as Sgt. Lionel Martinez, a 21-year veteran of the department.
Martinez was on his way to a shooting near 1400 Main Avenue just after 10 p.m., when he suffered the heart attack. He was rushed to a local hospital, where he died an hour later.
"The Alamo Colleges Police Department and the entire Alamo Colleges Family mourns the loss of our Sgt. Martinez and extends our deepest condolences to his family and brothers and sisters in blue," ACD posted Thursday on Twitter.
Original Story:
An Alamo Community College officer is dead after suffering a heart attack while responding to a shooting near Crockett Park late Tuesday night.
The officer was driving near Dewey Place and McCullough Avenue on his way to the shooting just after 10 p.m., when he suffered the heart attack. His patrol vehicle side swiped a parked vehicle before coming to a stop.
The officer was rushed to the hospital, but was pronounced dead less than an hour later.
The officer was trying to respond to a shooting near the 1400 block of Main Avenue at the time of his heart attack.
When additional police arrived at the scene of the shooting, they found 24-year-old Cameron Ellis with a gunshot wound to his chest.
Ellis had been at the apartment with friends when he said he was going over to Crockett Park, police said. About 15 minutes later he returned saying he had been shot.
Police said Ellis was uncooperative at first, but then later was unable to provide any suspect information due to his injuries.
A single shell casing was found in the street where the shooting took place, but officers couldn't find a suspect.
Ellis was transported to the hospital in critical condition.
Taylor Pettaway is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for MySA.com | [email protected] | @TaylorPettaway
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