Overview
- The encounter began after a disconnected whispered 911 call near a Ramada Inn on Highway 90, where a man taunted an officer and a cadet.
- Police say the man ran, said he would not go back to prison, pulled a gun, and exchanged fire with three officers before being killed, and SAPD later clarified the cadet did not fire.
- The two wounded officers were treated for gunshot injuries, including to an arm and another area, and were released from the hospital, the police union said.
- SAPD identified the suspect as 36-year-old Odon Paul Bustos, who was on parole and wanted on warrants for aggravated robbery, a parole violation, and obstructing a court order.
- Records obtained by KSAT indicate Bustos was accused of using a handgun to rob a South Side food mart weeks earlier, and an internal review of the shooting is underway as union leaders note 20 SAPD officers shot in three years.