New video reveals details in fatal shooting of Gilbert Flores by deputies in San Antonio

Authorities released a second video of the Gilbert Flores shooting to the media, which shows more of the struggle, after a Bexar County grand jury declined to indict the officers involved in the shooting on Wednesday. less Authorities released a second video of the Gilbert Flores shooting to the media, which shows more of the struggle, after a Bexar County grand jury declined to indict the officers involved in the shooting on ... more Photo: Bexar County District Attorney's Office Photo: Bexar County District Attorney's Office Image 1 of / 54 Caption Close New video reveals details in fatal shooting of Gilbert Flores by deputies in San Antonio 1 / 54 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO — In the tense minutes before two Bexar County sheriff’s deputies fatally shot Gilbert Flores last summer, the knife-wielding man said he wanted to die and ignored orders to surrender, according to a video of the altercation released Friday by the Bexar County District Attorney's Office.

“I’m not going to prison,” Flores yelled at deputies in the first moments of a video shot by neighbors inside their house across the street.

“He’s got a knife in his hand,” a man can be heard whispering in the video at one point.

“He’s saying he wants to die,” a woman said later, offering a surreal, blow-by-blow account of the stand off. “This is crazy.”

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Deputies tried using a stun gun but Flores blocked it with a chair. He picked up the stun gun and threw it away from them.

Nearly eight minutes into the video (see full-length video here), shortly after Flores appears to be trying to get into a patrol vehicle, the deputies opened fire, shocking witnesses who wondered why it was taking so long for back-up officers to arrive.

Deputies Greg Vasquez and Robert Sanchez had responded to a domestic violence call on Aug. 28 at the home of Gilbert Flores’ parents on the far Northwest Side.

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A bystander’s video of the shooting, which had already been made public, shows the final moments of the altercation when deputies shot Flores, 41, after he raised his hands above his head in apparent surrender.

The second, longer video made public Friday shows more of the struggle. Authorities released the video to the media after a Bexar County grand jury declined to indict Vasquez and Sanchez on Wednesday.

“If you only saw that second video, in my opinion, I think there would have been an indictment,” said Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood. “But we present everything, from the 911 tapes to everything.”

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If they had been charged, that additional evidence would have made it difficult to secure a criminal conviction against the two deputies, LaHood said.

“The 911 audio, when you hear that, you’ll get what I mean,” LaHood said. “You have a man saying he wanted to die by police officer, suicide by cop, he had been violent to his wife and to a baby and his mom was crying. It’s not a flattering 911 tape of the deceased.”

Thomas J. Henry, a lawyer for the Flores family, declined to discuss the video until he’s had a chance to view it. Henry filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the family that accuses the deputies of “executing” Flores.

Sheriff Susan Pamerleau said at a press conference Wednesday that the deputies were relieved by the grand jury’s decision and anxious to get back to work.

“While we support the grand jury's decision to no-bill these deputies, it’s important to recognize that there are no winners in this situation,” said at a news conference Wednesday. “A man lost his life, and for that, we are all saddened.”

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