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Jaime Gonzalez

Age : 41

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/29/2025

Location : 800 block of Cherry Street

City : San Antonio

County : Bexar

State : Texas

Agency : San Antonio Police Department

Officer(s) :Tyler Brown, Marco Trevino, Matthew Olivares, Joseph Orozco, Steven Flores

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police after armed confrontation

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/29/2025, shortly after 10:30 a.m., San Antonio police responded to the 800 block of North Cherry Street on the city's East Side after multiple 911 callers reported a man with a shotgun. The man was later identified as 41-year-old Jaime Gonzalez. His identity and date of death are independently corroborated by funeral records, which list his birth date as February 17, 1984, and death date as August 29, 2025.
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Police initially described the events preceding their arrival as an altercation involving Gonzalez and two other drivers near the Hays Street Bridge. In a subsequent account, police alleged Gonzalez had been driving erratically through the neighborhood before returning to his residence, obtaining a shotgun and firing several rounds into the air. One 911 caller reported that Gonzalez had pointed the gun at people, while another reported seeing him firing it upward.
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Officers arrived and established positions outside Gonzalez's residence. Police attempted to communicate with him from outside and repeatedly ordered him to put down the firearm. Gonzalez was alone inside the residence.
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Police later released body-camera and patrol-car video from the encounter. Because of where the officers were positioned, their body cameras did not provide a clear view of Gonzalez during the critical portion of the confrontation. A patrol-car camera provided the principal recorded view of the doorway.
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The patrol-car recording shows Gonzalez appearing at a side doorway holding a shotgun. Police alleged that Gonzalez pointed the shotgun toward officers. An officer can be heard announcing that the side door was opening, followed by another warning that Gonzalez had a gun. Officers repeatedly yelled for Gonzalez to drop the firearm.
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Five San Antonio officers then opened fire: Tyler Brown, Marco Trevino, Matthew Olivares, Joseph Orozco and Steven Flores. Gonzalez was struck multiple times and collapsed. Police Chief William McManus said Gonzalez did not fire the shotgun at officers before they shot him.
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Police approached Gonzalez after the shooting and attempted medical treatment. Gonzalez died at the scene. The Bexar County Medical Examiner determined that he died from multiple gunshot wounds and classified the death as a homicide.
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San Antonio police released the names of all five shooting officers on 09/02/2025. The department subsequently released its critical-incident video on 09/27/2025, including 911 audio, body-camera footage and the patrol-car recording.
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The San Antonio Police Department Shooting Team and Internal Affairs Unit opened separate investigations. Under department procedure, the completed shooting investigation is forwarded to the Bexar County District Attorney's Office for independent review.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
Tyler Brown, Marco Trevino, Matthew Olivares, Joseph Orozco and Steven Flores all fired their weapons at Gonzalez.
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Tyler Brown had previously been one of seven San Antonio officers who shot and killed 46-year-old Jesse Garcia on 08/24/2023. Police alleged Garcia pointed a handgun at officers following a vehicle pursuit and foot chase. Brown therefore had participated in at least one previous fatal police shooting before the killing of Gonzalez.
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Matthew Olivares was already a named defendant in a federal civil-rights lawsuit when he participated in the Gonzalez shooting. Andres Carrillo sued the City of San Antonio, the San Antonio Police Department and Olivares in a case removed to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in January 2025. The federal docket identifies the action as a civil-rights case under 42 U.S.C. §1983. The existence of the lawsuit is not a finding that the allegations against Olivares were proven.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/san-antonio-officer-involved-shooting-21021892.php
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/san-antonio-officer-involved-shooting-east-side-21021876.php
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/08/29/san-antonio-police-investigating-shooting-on-east-side/
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/08/30/neighbors-reflect-on-disturbing-deadly-sapd-shooting-officers-say-a-man-pointed-a-gun-at-them/
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/09/02/sapd-identifies-5-officers-who-shot-killed-man-pointing-shotgun-at-them-in-east-side-shooting/
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/09/27/sapd-releases-footage-after-5-officers-shot-killed-man-pointing-shotgun-at-them/
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/sapd-dash-cam-footage-fatal-shooting-21072061.php
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https://dockets.justia.com/docket/texas/txwdce/5%3A2025cv00058/1172820568
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/45032157/jaime-gonzalez