Officer Sauvage stopped a blue pickup truck around 11:27 a.m. Police said the vehicle came to a stop and Sauvage made contact with the occupants. When the officer opened the driver's door, the front seat passenger fired a handgun. The officer was struck on his hand, but he shot and killed the two occupants in the front--Sammie Joe Barbosa, 33, and Alex Anthony Garcia, 25--and wounded a woman in the back seat.
Killer: Sauvage
Agency: San Antonio Police Department
Motive: Traffic violation (driving wrong way)
Confrontation Type: Traffic Stop
Service Call: No
Body Camera: no
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Alex Garcia
Death Date: April 15, 2021
County: Bexar
Geography: Suburban
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Race: Hispanic
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: gun
Threat Level: attack
Washington Post Database ID: 6788