The relatives of a woman slain by San Antonio police officers dispute a federal judge’s recommendations to dismiss their civil suit against the City of San Antonio and two former police officers over the 2023 death.
In June of that year, three officers fired into the apartment of Melissa Perez, striking and killing the woman who was having a mental health episode.
The fire department had called them — according to the arrest affidavits — because the woman attempted to dismantle external fire alarms she thought the FBI had used to monitor her. Perez suffered from schizophrenia and had exhibited odd and irrational behavior…