SAN ANTONIO — After nearly a month of testimony, the trial of three former San Antonio police officers charged in the 2023 shooting death of Melissa Perez is nearing its conclusion.
On Friday, the defense rested its case without calling any of the defendants — Alfred Flores, Eleazar Alejandro or Nathaniel Villalobos — to the stand. The jury has now heard four weeks of testimony from a litany witnesses, including law enforcement officers, investigators and personnel who responded to the scene the morning of June 23, 2023.
Flores and Alejandro are charged with murder, while Villalobos faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for firing at Perez during the encounter…