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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.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/10/14/sapd-bodycam-videos-shows-officer-shooting-robbery-suspect-in-back-leading-to-his-death/

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/09/17/suspect-wielding-large-knife-shot-killed-at-south-side-apartment-complex/

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/officer-involved-shooting-at-popular-san-antonio-restaurant-worries-south-side-community-police-investigation-handgun-knife-evidence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQSytsd7RkQ

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/man-shot-killed-by-police-while-allegedly-trying-to-rob-south-side-restaurant-sapd-san-antonio-texas-shooting/273-84a4b9fa-64d8-4be0-9abe-bbd5c39da3f9