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ICE Says Suspect in San Antonio Workplace Killing of Three Was in U.S. Illegally

Police call the attack targeted with the motive still undetermined.

Overview

  • Authorities say 21-year-old Jose David Hernandez Galo fatally shot coworkers Selvin Chacon, 48, Sergio Chacon, 38, and Karen Bautista, 24, at a landscape supply business on Stahl Road on Nov. 8.
  • Hernandez Galo was found after an hour-long manhunt with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
  • ICE said Hernandez Galo entered the United States from Honduras on April 16, 2019, as a minor with his family and was in the country without authorization.
  • The family received notices to appear before an immigration judge but stopped reporting to immigration authorities in July 2022, ICE stated.
  • San Antonio police reported that several employees fled as officers, SWAT, and the Texas Department of Public Safety secured the area, and ICE highlighted a CBP Home App option that offers $1,000 and a free flight for voluntary departure.