Law enforcement responded to the lawmaker’s Atascosa County home Monday afternoon.
SAN ANTONIO — The Texas Department of Public Safety and other law enforcement agencies responded to a “suspicious package” that was delivered to State Sen. Pete Flores’s home Monday, the lawmaker’s chief of staff said.
The package was eventually found to be “harmless.”
A DPS spokesperson confirmed troopers and a K-9 specializing in explosives detection tended to the package delivered to a personal mailbox in Pleasanton. Neighbors were asked to shelter in place during the investigation.
With the help of personnel from the San Antonio Police Department, FBI and ATF, DPS “determined the package was not an explosive and there was no threat to the community.”
Officials have not disclosed who may have sent the package.
Flores, a Republican and North Dakota native, is serving his first full term representing District 24 in the Texas Senate. He first took office in District 19 after winning a 2018 special election called in the wake of Carlos Uresti’s legal troubles. He chairs the Criminal Justice Committee and in 2024 cofounded the Texas Hispanic Republican Caucus.