3 SAPD officers indicted in shooting death of Melissa Perez

SAN ANTONIO – Three San Antonio Police Department officers were indicted by a grand jury Thursday, nearly six months after the shooting death of a 46-year-old woman inside her Southwest Side apartment.

Officer Eleazar Alejandro and Sgt. Alfred Flores face a charge of murder, while Officer Nathaniel Villalobos faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by a public servant in connection to the death of Melissa Perez, Bexar County court records show.

All three men are scheduled to be arraigned Friday in the 187th District Court.

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales, who confirmed the indictments in a Thursday afternoon press release, has scheduled a 4 p.m. press conference to address the charges. KSAT.com will livestream the event, which you can view in the video player above.

SAPD Chief William McManus previously said the officers didn’t follow department training or policy and “used deadly force, which was not reasonable given all the circumstances as we now understand them.”

Perez was experiencing a mental health crisis and had a hammer in her hand when police shot her through a patio window and door in the 6200 block of Old Pearsall Road, McManus previously said.

The department released a portion of edited and blurred body-worn camera video from officers on the scene, after the shooting.

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