32-year-old SAPD officer dies day after downtown shootout

Officer Miguel Moreno was pronounced dead at 11:11 a.m. Friday, June 30, 2017, after being involved in a shooting Thursday, June 29, 2017 just north of downtown San Antonio. Officer Miguel Moreno was pronounced dead at 11:11 a.m. Friday, June 30, 2017, after being involved in a shooting Thursday, June 29, 2017 just north of downtown San Antonio. Photo: San Antonio Police Department Photo: San Antonio Police Department Image 1 of / 96 Caption Close 32-year-old SAPD officer dies day after downtown shootout 1 / 96 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO — A police officer involved in a shootout near San Antonio College Thursday afternoon has died, officials announced Friday morning.

Officer Miguel Moreno, 32, was pronounced dead at 11:11 a.m. Friday at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. He was one of two officers shot in the 200 block of W. Evergreen St. near San Antonio College while approaching two suspects near a car that appeared to have been broken into Thursday afternoon, said SAPD Chief William McManus.

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Moreno was with officer Julio Cavazos, 36, who was shot in the chest and is expected to survive, McManus said Friday.

As the officers exited their vehicle, one of the suspects opened fire on the pair.

"I'm at a loss for words to describe what a tragedy this is," McManus said. "Imagine one of your relatives was shot and killed on the street for apparently no reason."

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The suspect who opened fire on the officers around 3:15 p.m. near Evergreen and Howard Streets has only been identified as a man in his late 20s or early 30s from Louisiana. McManus said he was shot once in the buttocks by Cavazos, and once in the head, possibly by himself.

The man detained in connection with the shooting, who had been walking with the gunman at the time, is no longer being considered a suspect. Police plan to consider him as a witness.

"We don't believe [he] had any role in the shooting," McManus said.

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This marks the 13th San Antonio police officer killed in the line of duty since 2000.

Roughly eight months ago in November, Det. Benjamin Marconi was shot and killed while issuing a traffic citation.

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News researcher Michael Knoop contributed to this report.

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