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Jesus Fernando Hernandez
Gender : Male
Age : 46
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 09/17/2023
Location : Nicha's Restaurant
City : San Antonio
County : Bexar
State : Texas
Agency : San Antonio PD
Officer(s) :Joshua Bagley
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
San Antonio PD were called to a robbery at Nicha’s restaurant where a man allegedly had a machete. Police arrived and found Jesus Hernandez who had tried to steal a backpack belonging to an employee of the restaurant. Hernandez held a machete but was not threatening anyone and turned his back to walk away from officers. San Antonio officer Joshua Bagley pulled a gun and shot him in his back as he tried to leave. A heavily edited bodycam video was released and is linked below. It shows a man with a backpack and a machete who is nonconfrontational, turns to walk away without presenting any danger to police and is shot and killed.
