Reserve officer shoots intruder

San Antonio police officers monitor a crime scene Tuesday morning September 4, 2012 at the Lincoln Village apartments on the 1700 block of Jackson Keller where a fatal shooting took place about 3:15 a.m. . Officials said a reserve Poteet police officer shot an intruder in the head in his apartment after identifying himself as an officer. The suspect died in the apartment's patio. less San Antonio police officers monitor a crime scene Tuesday morning September 4, 2012 at the Lincoln Village apartments on the 1700 block of Jackson Keller where a fatal shooting took place about 3:15 a.m. . ... more Photo: John Davenport, San Antonio Express-News Photo: John Davenport, San Antonio Express-News Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Reserve officer shoots intruder 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

A Poteet reserve police officer shot and killed an intruder at his North Side home Tuesday morning, authorities said.

Officer Alfredo Isaac Gonzalez, 30, was asleep at 3:15 a.m. in the upstairs apartment at the Lincoln Village Apartments in the 1700 block of Jackson-Keller Road when he heard glass shattering in his kitchen, police at the scene said.

He told police that when he went to investigate, he saw a man trying to break in through a window.

Gonzalez identified himself as an officer and ordered the intruder to stop, but the man ignored his commands, San Antonio police spokesman Officer Matthew Porter said. Gonzalez then fired once through the blinds, Porter said.

The intruder was struck in the head, police said, and died on the apartment's patio. Believed to be in his early 20s, he was wearing black socks on his hands and had tools in his pocket.

Police said he apparently opened a patio storage closet before trying to enter the home.

No charges are expected for Gonzalez, who Poteet Police Chief Martin Chavez said had been an unpaid volunteer patrol officer for the department only about a month, working once a week.

Gonzalez was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation, Chavez said.

Gonzalez's peace officer license never has been suspended or revoked because of disciplinary actions, according to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.

He was a full-time police officer in Somerset from 2009 to 2011, after a five-month stint in Nixon.

He has been a reserve peace officer for the Von Ormy city marshal's office and the Nixon and Kirby police departments.

Two other men were in Gonzalez's apartment at the time of the shooting, police said.

A man who answered the door at the apartment Tuesday afternoon declined an interview request on behalf of the household, including Gonzalez.

“We're managing,” he said with a weak smile when asked how they were coping.

Several neighbors at the complex said the incident didn't make them feel unsafe.

“I slept through it,” said four-year resident Michael Boxley, who lives across from Gonzalez.

Jorge Rodriguez, who lives in Gonzalez's building, applauded his neighbor for using a gun to protect his home. Rodriguez said he keeps a pistol for self-defense.

“People aren't afraid to bear arms these days,” he said. “I have my own pistol, because I know what city I'm in.”

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