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Darrell Zemault Sr. woke up on Sept. 15 with plans to refurbish a set of cabinets a typical activity for the lifelong West Side resident, according to Celeste Brown. She described him as a “second father” who was happy to help anyone, from family to strangers.
“He was the most handy man in the world,” she said. “He would help me with my car all of the time.”
Before he could finish the project, a San Antonio police officer shot him in the back.
The San Antonio Police Department claimed that Zemault Sr. grabbed an officer’s gun during an attempted arrest for outstanding warrants. But the department continues to withhold body camera footage of the encounter, and a spokesperson did not answer questions from Texas Public Radio about the incident.