3 SAPD officers shoot, kill man after threatening them during East Side stabbing call, police say

SAN ANTONIO – A man was shot and killed by San Antonio police officers after he allegedly threatened them with a “cutting instrument” on the East Side, according to San Antonio police.

Officers were initially responding to a cutting in progress call just before midnight at the Knight’s Inn in the 4000 block of East Houston Street.

According to a Sunday SAPD preliminary report, officers were trying to communicate with the man when he threatened them and “rushed” toward the officers with a “cutting instrument.”…

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