San Antonio Officer Dies Following Shootout

June 30, 2017
Officer Miguel I. Moreno died after he and another police officer were shot by a suspect who was killed during a shootout Thursday afternoon.

A San Antonio police officer has died after a shooting Thursday afternoon north of downtown, police said Friday morning. 

Officer Miguel I. Moreno, 32, was one of two officers on patrol about 3:40 p.m. in the 200 block of West Evergreen Street, where they attempted to stop two men while responding to a call about a suspicious person. 

"It is with heavy hearts that we share that our brother, Officer Miguel I. Moreno, #1603, succumbed to his injuries and passed away at 11:11 hrs.," the department posted to Facebook on Friday morning.

As the officers got out of the car, one person opened fire, striking Moreno in the head, and the other officer, Julio Cavazos, in the chin, police Chief William McManus said. One officer returned fire and struck the suspect, who later died, in the head. The other person police were trying to stop was detained. 

Cavazos has a bullet lodged in his upper torso. He is in serious condition but is expected to survive, McManus said. 

Both officers are nine-year veterans of the department.

"The only thing those officers were going to do is conduct a field contact. That's all they were going to do," McManus said. 

It's unclear how many shots were fired. 

The shooting occurred on the border of San Antonio College, which was placed on lockdown. The lockdown was lifted after about 40 minutes. 

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