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Suspect charged with murder in father’s shooting death, affidavit says
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Suspect charged with murder in father’s shooting death, affidavit says

SAN ANTONIO – A 23-year-old San Antonio man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of his father, police say.

Brayan Armando Lopez-Estrada was charged Tuesday with the murder of Jorge Lopez, 45, according to Bexar County court records.

The shooting happened around 6 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of Rasa Drive and Tarasco Drive on the West Side.

After a night of drinking, San Antonio police said a woman contacted Lopez-Estrada.

Lopez-Estrada and the woman already share a child but are not currently in a relationship, according to police. The two men agreed to meet at the woman’s grandmother’s house.

According to the arrest affidavit, while Lopez-Estrada and the woman were at the woman’s grandmother’s house, her current boyfriend — who also has a child with the woman — showed up at the house unannounced .

Her current boyfriend’s wife and child were with her grandmother at the time, authorities said.

While the woman and her boyfriend argued, police said Lopez-Estrada then confronted the woman’s boyfriend.

Lopez-Estrada and the woman’s boyfriend got into a physical confrontation outside the home, the affidavit states. After the fight broke up, the woman and her boyfriend argued a second time before she entered the house and her boyfriend left.

After the woman’s boyfriend left, police said Lopez-Estrada and the woman left the house together in a vehicle. However, according to the affidavit, the woman’s boyfriend was following them in his vehicle.

Lopez-Estrada, the woman and her boyfriend met at another unspecified location. While there, the woman’s boyfriend learned that the woman was looking for Lopez-Estrada that night, police said.

The boyfriend returned to the woman’s grandmother’s home where he met several family members, including her father, according to the affidavit.

Police say the woman’s boyfriend explained to her family that the problem was the woman and not Lopez-Estrada. The woman’s boyfriend then announced his intention to leave the home.

A short time later, Lopez-Estrada’s parents arrived at the home to pick up their 5-year-old grandson, who was placed in the back seat of their truck, police said.

At the same time, authorities said Lopez-Estrada returned to the woman’s grandmother’s house without the woman.

Her current boyfriend’s siblings approached Lopez-Estrada and began arguing with him, but the boyfriend still insisted his girlfriend was the reason for the problems that night, the report says. affidavit. Lopez-Estrada’s parents came out and tried to defuse the confrontation.

As the woman’s current boyfriend got into her vehicle, police alleged he threatened Lopez-Estrada’s 5-year-old child.

Lopez-Estrada then retrieved a gun from his vehicle and began firing shots at the boyfriend, his vehicle and the crowd consisting of the two families, according to the affidavit.

Authorities said the boyfriend tried to run over Lopez-Estrada with his vehicle, but was unsuccessful. Lopez-Estrada continued shooting and fired about 16 shots in total, the affidavit states.

Lopez, described in the affidavit as Lopez-Estrada’s father, was shot while standing next to the truck his grandchild was sitting in, police said. The truck was also hit by gunfire.

The boyfriend’s 27-year-old brother was shot in the foot, causing serious injuries, police said. He was transported to a local hospital for further treatment.

Lopez was pronounced dead at a local hospital while undergoing surgery.

The affidavit says Lopez-Estrada’s mother tried to intervene during the shooting, but Lopez-Estrada ignored her efforts. After the shooting, Lopez-Estrada fled the scene.

In addition to the murder charge, Lopez-Estrada was also charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, deadly conduct for discharging a firearm, and possession of marijuana (less than two ounces).

According to jail records, his marijuana charge was dismissed.

No bail has yet been set for Lopez-Estrada.

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