SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio police officer shot and killed a man in a drainage ditch following a foot chase on the North Side, police said.
The shooting happened around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 8500 block of Jones Maltsberger Road.
An officer attempted to stop and speak with a man, but he fled on foot, SAPD Chief William McManus said.
The chase went through a field, and the man eventually ran down into a drainage ditch where he pointed a gun at a separate officer who assisted, according to a preliminary report on Wednesday from SAPD.
McManus said the officer fired multiple times, but the man continued to run.
Shortly after, the man turned around again and fired a gunshot at the officer, McManus said.
McManus said the officer returned fire and struck the man in his upper body. He was pronounced dead on the scene.