SAN ANTONIO – The case of three former San Antonio police officers charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman inside her apartment will have its first hearing since being moved to Judge Ron Rangel’s 379th Criminal District Court last year.
The case was initially expected to preside with Judge Stephanie Boyd of the 187th District Court. However, Boyd was recused from the case on Sept. 26 after Judge Sid Harle of the 4th Administrative Judicial Region granted the defense’s motion to recuse her from handling it.
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Melissa Perez was shot and killed inside her Southwest Side apartment in June 2023.
SAPD Chief William McManus, at the time of the incident, said Perez was experiencing a mental health crisis and had a hammer in her hand when officers shot her through a patio window and door.
Alfred Flores and Eleazar Alejandro were charged with murder, while Nathaniel Villalobos was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
There is no word from the District Attorney’s Office yet on who will prosecute the case, as the former chief of the Civil Rights Division, Jeff Mulliner, resigned months after taking the job last year. The position has yet to be filled.
Wednesday’s court appearance will be livestreamed on KSAT.com, KSAT Plus and KSAT’s YouTube page.
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