SAN ANTONIO — Newly filed court documents reveal troubling details about a stabbing during a child custody exchange and police say the children’s mother played a key role.
According to an arrest affidavit, 31-year-old Melanie Sierra Gomez is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the Feb. 19, 2026 attack on Oscar Javier Barbosa, the father of her two children.
San Antonio police were dispatched to the 1200 block of Iowa Street for a reported cutting in progress. When officers arrived, they found Barbosa with multiple stab wounds to his stomach and arms. He was transported to the hospital and taken into surgery…