The trial of three former San Antonio Police Department officers involved in the June 2023 shooting and killing of Melissa Perez is set to begin on Sept. 2.
Two former officers, Eleazar Alejandro and Alfred Flores, are charged with murder over the shooting of Perez, a woman with schizophrenia who had an apparent mental health crisis at her apartment complex when the officers confronted her.
A third former officer, Nathaniel Villalobos, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by a public servant after his initial murder charge was reduced…