SID210SA
09-25-2007, 10:12 AM
Another Officer killed in the line of duty....Detective Juan Morales was shot and killed on Friday afternoon after trying to arrest a suspect who was wanted after shooting his girlfriend in the leg with a shot gun the night before. A plan was laid out to capture the suspect with a woman who was supposed to get him to come outside and meet with her....after he came out Police officers started to come in and the suspect took off running....after a short distance the suspect turned and fired his shot gun at Detective Morales who was struck in the face. Other officers opened fire and killed the suspect. Detective Morales was transported to the hospital died in route.
Dectective Morales leaves behind a wife and 2 children ages 8 and 4.
Detective Moreno was the 48th Officer killed in the line of duty since 1857.
There are several videos about the shooting that you can watch in the following link about the ordeal....just check the boxes of the videos you want to watch and then click on any of the "Play selected video" links and it will play all that you have selected. They are catagorized under "News" and "Crime".
http://www2.mysanantonio.com/multimedia/video/newsondemand/
Dectective Morales leaves behind a wife and 2 children ages 8 and 4.
Detective Moreno was the 48th Officer killed in the line of duty since 1857.
There are several videos about the shooting that you can watch in the following link about the ordeal....just check the boxes of the videos you want to watch and then click on any of the "Play selected video" links and it will play all that you have selected. They are catagorized under "News" and "Crime".
http://www2.mysanantonio.com/multimedia/video/newsondemand/