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Justin Hernandez

Age : 35

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/24/2025

Location : 4039 East Houston Street, Knights Inn

City : San Antonio

County : Bexar

State : Texas

Agency : San Antonio Police Department

Officer(s) :Kevin Nguyen; William O’Brien; Samuel Whiteside

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during disturbance call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/24/2025, shortly before midnight, San Antonio police responded to the Knights Inn at 4039 East Houston Street after receiving a call for help involving 34-year-old Justin Andrew Hernandez, who was harming himself inside a hotel room. The initial police account said another person inside the room called for assistance, although subsequent San Antonio Police Department reports did not describe that person’s involvement.
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Officers Kevin Nguyen, William O’Brien and Samuel Whiteside responded to the hotel. Police said Hernandez was cutting himself with what officers initially described as a cutting instrument. Later police information identified the object as a broken glass bottle.
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The officers initially spoke with Hernandez from outside the hotel room. According to the later account of the encounter, Hernandez told the officers to shoot him. Officers told Hernandez to put down the broken bottle and attempted to persuade him to come outside for medical treatment, telling him that EMS personnel were nearby to help him.
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Police alleged that Hernandez then came out of the room holding the broken bottle and moved rapidly toward the officers. Nguyen, O’Brien and Whiteside opened fire, striking Hernandez multiple times.
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Officers provided medical treatment after the shooting, but Hernandez died at the scene. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that he died from multiple gunshot wounds and classified the manner of death as homicide.
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Hernandez’s full name was Justin Andrew Hernandez. He was born February 10, 1991, and was 34 when police killed him. His obituary identifies him as a San Antonio native, husband and father of three children.
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The San Antonio Police Department Shooting Team opened a criminal investigation, while the department’s Internal Affairs Unit conducted a separate administrative investigation. The findings were to be forwarded to the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office for independent review.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
San Antonio Police officers Kevin Nguyen, William O’Brien and Samuel Whiteside fired at Justin Hernandez. The department publicly identified all three officers on 08/26/2025.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/san-antonio-police-fatal-shooting-man-dead-20990855.php
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/sapd-identify-officers-suspect-self-harm-call-21015980.php
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/san-antonio-police-shooting-charge-bottle-21032771.php
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/08/26/authorities-id-man-killed-by-3-sapd-officers-while-responding-to-apparent-mental-health-call/
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/08/26/sapd-identifies-3-officers-who-shot-killed-man-during-apparent-mental-health-call/
https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/SAPD/Transparency-Open-Data/Open-Data-Library/Officer-Involved-Shootings
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/san-antonio-tx/justin-hernandez-12500280