Bar shooting sends customers running for cover; Free school backpack giveaway planned | KENS 5 News Now

Follow us here to get the latest top headlines with KENS 5’s Sarah Forgany every weekday! SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio authorities are looking for the suspects responsible for the shooting at a downtown bar near closing time Thursday morning.  MORE: Shots fired outside downtown bar after argument breaks out between customers, SAPD says The San … Read more

Former Uvalde CISD police officer pleads not guilty to all 29 felony counts, attorney says

A grand jury charged Adrian Gonzales with 29 counts of abandoning and endangering a child for his role at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022. SAN ANTONIO — A former police officer with the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting pleaded not guilty to all charges Thursday morning. Adrian … Read more

‘Touched a lot of people’ | Vigil held for BCSO deputy killed in wrong-way crash

Meredith Portillo is remembered as a “beautiful soul.” The young detention worker was driving home when she was killed by a wrong-way driver. Two others died. SAN ANTONIO — On Wednesday night, a fallen Bexar County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) deputy was honored. Meredith Portillo was killed in a head-on crash last weekend. The off-duty detention … Read more

SA attorney representing former Uvalde CISD officer charged in Robb Elementary shooting weighs in on case so far

Adrian Gonzales is charged with 29 counts of abandoning and endangering a child for his alleged actions or inactions on May 24, 2022. UVALDE, Texas — A former Uvalde CISD police officer plans to plead not guilty in an arraignment Thursday morning, according to his attorney. Adrian Gonzales is charged with 29 counts of abandoning … Read more

‘This officer cared less’ | North Texas community activist reacts to video of Illinois police fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home

Activists say each time a new video is released of a black person being killed at the hands of police, it opens old wounds. DALLAS — A newly released body camera video has the nation’s attention focused on 36-year-old Sonya Massey, a black woman killed by Illinois sheriff’s deputies in her home. “We have been … Read more