Man, 50, indicted in fatal shooting of teen
A 50-year-old San Antonio man has been indicted on a charge of murder in the fatal shooting of a teenager in June.
Gilberto Perez, 50, was among the 200 felony indictments handed down this week by two Bexar County grand juries, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday afternoon.
Perez is accused of shooting at two teens around 9:30 p.m. June 29 in the 100 block of Aztec Alley on the West Side.
Witnesses told police Moses Johnson, 17, and an unidentified 15-year-old were walking near the street when Perez’s 2005 Dodge Durango turned onto the street and slowly drove up to them, according to an arrest affidavit releases at the time.
Perez is then alleged to have fired a semi-automatic weapon from his SUV’S window. He then got out of the vehicle and shot at the teens again, the affidavit said.
According to reports, Johnson, who also was armed, exchanged gunfire with Perez, wounding the man. The teens ran toward Zarzamora Street, and Perez returned to his home on Aztec Alley.
Johnson was taken to a hospital and later died from his injuries. The other teen was not injured, the affidavit stated.
Police said Perez, who also was hospitalized, at first denied shooting at the teenagers, said he did not own a gun, and told authorities he did not know how shell casings from a gun ended up in his vehicle, the affidavit stated.
Surveillance video taken from near the crime scene refuted Perez’s account, the affidavit states. Perez later changed his story and told authorities that he fired his gun after being ambushed by three males hiding behind a trash bin.
The District Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the pending case. The Criminal Trial Division is prosecuting the case in the 226th state District Court, Judge Velia Meza presiding.
Perez is being held in the Bexar County jail in lieu of $100,000 bail, according to online court records. He faces up to life in prison if convicted.