Authorities in Texas made a gruesome discovery Monday when the bodies of more than 40 migrants were found in an abandoned truck trailer in a remote area of San Antonio.
Forty-six people were found dead at the scene, while five more died after being taken to nearby hospitals, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office. Among the victims were 39 men and 12 women: 22 of which were Mexican, seven were Guatemalan and two were from Honduras, theThe New York Times reported. The other victims have yet to be identified.
Twelve adults...
Forty-six people were found dead at the scene, while five more died after being taken to nearby hospitals, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office. Among the victims were 39 men and 12 women: 22 of which were Mexican, seven were Guatemalan and two were from Honduras, theThe New York Times reported. The other victims have yet to be identified.
Twelve adults...
- 6/28/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
Police found eight people dead and 30 others suffering from injuries inside a semi truck’s trailer in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, early Sunday morning, according to multiple reports. Two more people later died in a hospital.
In what officials are describing as a possible human trafficking crime, authorities said a Walmart employee called the police after a person who appeared to be distressed asked for water, KENS5 reported. The person also reportedly told the employee that there were people inside a trailer who needed help.
When police arrived on the scene around 12:30 a.m. Sunday,...
In what officials are describing as a possible human trafficking crime, authorities said a Walmart employee called the police after a person who appeared to be distressed asked for water, KENS5 reported. The person also reportedly told the employee that there were people inside a trailer who needed help.
When police arrived on the scene around 12:30 a.m. Sunday,...
- 7/23/2017
- by Yvonne Juris
- PEOPLE.com
A man was shot and killed in Texas while trying to stop a robbery at a mall jewelry store on Sunday afternoon.
According to San Antonio police, two armed men robbed Kay Jewelers in San Antonio’s Rolling Oaks Mall. As they fled the store, one of the men shot and killed a Good Samaritan who was trying to stop them, police say.
According to San Antonio Police Chief William McManus, a second man pulled out his licensed concealed weapon and shot one of the suspects. He is in critical condition at a nearby hospital.
The second suspect fled the scene,...
According to San Antonio police, two armed men robbed Kay Jewelers in San Antonio’s Rolling Oaks Mall. As they fled the store, one of the men shot and killed a Good Samaritan who was trying to stop them, police say.
According to San Antonio Police Chief William McManus, a second man pulled out his licensed concealed weapon and shot one of the suspects. He is in critical condition at a nearby hospital.
The second suspect fled the scene,...
- 1/23/2017
- by skhelling
- PEOPLE.com
A manhunt was in progress for his capture after he allegedly fatally shot a San Antonio police officer. But hours before his arrest, Otis Tyrone McKane made a trip to the Bexar County Courthouse — to get married.
According to a marriage certificate obtained by People, McKane, 31, and Christian Chanel Fields were issued a marriage license at 9:27 a.m. on Monday — seven hours before he was captured and charged with the capital murder of Det. Benjamin Marconi.
San Antonio police said Marconi, 50, was writing out a ticket in his patrol vehicle at around 11:45 a.m. on Sunday when the...
According to a marriage certificate obtained by People, McKane, 31, and Christian Chanel Fields were issued a marriage license at 9:27 a.m. on Monday — seven hours before he was captured and charged with the capital murder of Det. Benjamin Marconi.
San Antonio police said Marconi, 50, was writing out a ticket in his patrol vehicle at around 11:45 a.m. on Sunday when the...
- 11/22/2016
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Texas police are searching for a gunman who allegedly fatally shot an officer as he sat in his patrol car outside of the police department’s headquarters on Sunday, People confirms.
San Antonio police said Ben Marconi, 50, was writing out a ticket in his patrol vehicle at around 11:45 a.m. when the gunman drove up beside him in a black car and allegedly fired two shots into the vehicle, striking Marconi in the head. The suspect allegedly fled the scene and Marconi was pronounced dead later at a hospital.
“We consider the suspect to be extremely dangerous and a...
San Antonio police said Ben Marconi, 50, was writing out a ticket in his patrol vehicle at around 11:45 a.m. when the gunman drove up beside him in a black car and allegedly fired two shots into the vehicle, striking Marconi in the head. The suspect allegedly fled the scene and Marconi was pronounced dead later at a hospital.
“We consider the suspect to be extremely dangerous and a...
- 11/21/2016
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
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