SAPD: San Antonio man killed after shooting estranged wife during standoff with police

A man was shot and killed by San Antonio police during a standoff on the Northeast Side overnight, Nov. 11, 2019. Officers said the suspect shot his wife in the leg and then himself before SWAT entered the residence. The still armed man was then shot by an officer, police said. less A man was shot and killed by San Antonio police during a standoff on the Northeast Side overnight, Nov. 11, 2019. Officers said the suspect shot his wife in the leg and then himself before SWAT entered the ... more Photo: 21 Pro Video Photo: 21 Pro Video Image 1 of / 18 Caption Close SAPD: San Antonio man killed after shooting estranged wife during standoff with police 1 / 18 Back to Gallery

A man in his 40s was killed by a police officer during a standoff early Thanksgiving morning at a Northeast Side home, Police Chief William McManus said.

The man, whose name wasn’t released Thursday, had shot his estranged wife and himself at a house in the 4400 block of Eisenhauer but still was alive and armed, posing a potential threat, when a SWAT officer fired, killing him, McManus told reporters.

The woman, who also is in her 40s, was taken to a nearby hospital with a non-life-threatening wound, police said.

McManus said neighbors reported a disturbance in the front yard of the home at about 2:30 a.m.

When uniformed officers arrived, the couple had gone back inside the house, McManus said, and SWAT officers were called.

People who knew the couple told officers that they had an on-again, off-again relationship, the chief said.

SWAT officers were negotiating with the man but after several hours, they heard gunfire and forced their way in at about 6 a.m., he said.

Inside, they found the man had shot the woman in the leg and then turned the gun on himself.

“As the officers entered, he had already shot himself, but he was not deceased at that point,” McManus said. “He still had possession of the gun, causing one SWAT officer to fire one time. Then he was pronounced” dead.

The officer who shot the man has been with the force for 14 years. He was placed on administrative duty, which is standard in police-related shootings.

McManus said there was no record of previous police calls to that house.

This was at least the 11th San Antonio officer-involved shooting this year, based on the San Antonio Police Department’s website. Out of those shootings, eight were fatal.

This year’s fatal officer-involved shootings include a woman who was shot when she pulled out a replica machine gun at a shopping center on March 20 and another where officers shot a man after a chase that started in the Alamo City and ended in Seguin on March 28.

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