Prosecutors present crime-scene videos, casings and vehicle evidence in San Antonio officer-involved shooting trial

San Antonio prosecutors on May 22, 2022, introduced crime‑scene photos, video and packaged evidence linking a white SUV recovered at a nearby residence to an officer‑involved shooting at 14335 O'Connor Road, the San Antonio Police Department's crime‑scene sergeant testified.

The evidence matters because prosecutors say the items help establish where shots were fired, what ammunition was recovered at the scene and the location of a vehicle later found by officers. The witnesses included Sergeant Matthew Pearson of the San Antonio Police Department's crime‑scene unit, patrol officers who searched neighborhood streets, and detectives who conducted surveillance and effected an arrest.

"I was dispatched for an officer involved shooting," Sergeant Matthew Pearson testified when the state called him to describe the scene at the church parking lot, where he said investigators located spent shell casings, vehicle parts and later took video and photographs that were admitted as evidence. Pearson identified the case number as "SAPD22108229." He testified that much of the scene was in the east parking lot near O'Connor Road and that a patrol vehicle had been moved and rolled down a hill across O'Connor into a fence.

Crime‑scene exhibits admitted in court included a state video labeled in testimony as State's Exhibit 21, photo boards and a crime‑scene sketch (State's Exhibit 24). Pearson and other witness testimony mapped shell casings and vehicle debris across the parking lot and toward a playground area; Pearson described evidence items labeled E1 through E19 and said…