The family of Melissa Perez, who was experiencing a mental health crisis when she was shot and killed by San Antonio police officers last month, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
Family of Melissa Perez files wrongful death lawsuit against City of San Antonio, police officersPUBLISHED 10:39 AM CDT Jul. 11, 2023SAN ANTONIO — In June, Melissa Perez was experiencing a mental health crisis when she was shot and killed by San Antonio police.The family of Melissa Perez, 46, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of San Antonio and three of its police officers
Sgt. Alfred Flores and Officers Eleazar Alejandro and Nathaniel Villalobos were suspended without pay and later arrested on murder warrants in the shooting death of Perez, 46, when she refused police orders to come out of her apartment, Police Chief William McManus said in June. One of the three charged officers opened fire, McManus said, after Perez first threw a glass candlestick at the officers, then swung a hammer at them. All three officers then fired when Perez approached them again with the hammer, hitting her at least twice, according to McManus.
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