Local housing developer’s shooting death ruled a suicide

The city’s first park designed for special needs children will be named for developer Dan Markson, who died May 4 at 59. The city’s first park designed for special needs children will be named for developer Dan Markson, who died May 4 at 59. Photo: COURTESY /COURTESY Photo: COURTESY /COURTESY Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close Local housing developer’s shooting death ruled a suicide 1 / 24 Back to Gallery

The shooting death of local housing developer Daniel Markson has been ruled a suicide, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office said Friday.

Markson, 59, died from a contact gunshot wound to the chest, an autopsy found.

He was found unresponsive in his bed at 12:05 p.m. May 4 at his home in the 300 block of West Summit Avenue. A gun was on the floor by the bed, a San Antonio police report shows. Officers found a spent casing in the firearm’s ejection port.

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Markson was a well-known affordable housing developer in San Antonio. He served as senior vice president of NRP Group, which develops apartments and provides general contracting and property management services. Markson was honored last year by the Chabad Center for Jewish Life & Learning for his years of philanthropic work in the Jewish and civic communities.

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