SAN ANTONIO – There are big questions after a Bexar County jury acquitted three former San Antonio Police officers in the 2023 shooting death of Melissa Perez.
Former officers Alfredo Flores and Eleazar Alejandro were charged with murder, while Nathaniel Villalobos faced an aggravated assault charge in connection with Perez’s death.
While the verdict closes the case in court, questions remain about how the investigation was handled. Attorneys for the former officers are calling the trial an institutional failure, criticizing the way both the San Antonio Police Department and the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office managed the case…