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Details of deadly confrontation between man and VIA police released FacebookTwitterEmail San Antonio police investigate the scene where VIA Metropolitan Transit police shot and killed a man accused of waving a handgun on a bus April 20, 2021.Jacob Beltran /Staff The moments leading up to the death of a man accused of waving a handgun on a VIA Metropolitan Transit bus were revealed in a report to the Texas Attorney General’s Office. On April 20, a passenger called police to report that a man w...

Family of bus passenger shot, killed by VIA Transit police still looking for answers Shooting reported near San Pedro and West Olmos Tags:  , SAN ANTONIO – It’s been almost two weeks and still, the family of 28-year-old Terry Wayne Bishop is looking for answers. Bishop was on board the bus traveling up to San Pedro Avenue near West Olmos at the time of the incident. VIA Transit Police Chief Mark Witherell said two officers were called about Bishop being armed. Bishop’s family is now d...

San Antonio records four fatal shootings involving police in a weeks span FacebookTwitterEmail Police personnel investigate a scene after a shootout on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. San Antonio police shot and killed a man accused of gunning down another man in a shed on the South Side, police say.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographer Over the last week, San Antonio law enforcement agencies have been involved in four separate fatal shootings, two of them occurring on the same day. In at least three cases,...

VIA Transit police shoot, kill armed bus passenger, officials say Shooting reported near San Pedro and West Olmos Updated:  Tags:  SAN ANTONIO – A man who allegedly was carrying a gun on a San Antonio bus was shot and killed by VIA Transit police officers on Tuesday evening. VIA Transit Police Chief Mark Witherell said two officers were called about the armed man who was on a bus traveling up San Pedro Avenue near West Olmos. When they arrived and boarded the bus, Witherell said “somethin...

Apr 20, 2021 An officer-involved shooting on a transit bus in San Antonio has left a man dead. Transit police shot a man who was said to be armed with a gun on a bus with other passengers. It happened at San Pedro and West Olmos. VIA Transit police chief Mark Witherell says theyre lucky no one else was hurt. At least two shots were fired. None of the passengers or officers were injured. San Antonio police are assisting the transit police in investigating what took place leading up to the shoo...

The first incident happened just after 4 p.m. inside a VIA bus. Two officers were called about an armed man who was on a bus traveling on San Pedro Avenue near West Olmos, according to VIA Transit Police Chief Mark Witherell. Witherell said that when the VIA Transit officers arrived and boarded the bus, “something transpired” and officers opened fire on the man, killing him. He did not elaborate on what transpired. He said four to six others were on board the bus at the time but no one else...