A police arrest affidavit obtained by KRIS 6 News offers new details about the June 8 confrontation that left one man dead and another charged with murder in Corpus Christi — including the suspect’s claim of self-defense, which detectives wrote they did not find credible.
Manuel Anthony Rodriguez, 41, is charged with murder, a first-degree felony, in the man’s death.
An officer was dispatched about 7:39 p.m. June 8 to a home in the 900 block of Bloomington Street for a reported disturbance, according to the affidavit. Officers found the man unresponsive on the ground and began CPR until medics arrived, the document states. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The affidavit notes officers observed an injury to the back of his head…