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Witnesses and detectives describe officer extraction, rifles and extensive ammunition in State v. Jesus Prado trial
Summary
Jurors heard surveillance and body‑worn camera footage plus CSI testimony showing an AR‑style rifle, multiple magazines and hundreds of rounds recovered from a house where prosecutors say a suspect fired on officers on Oct. 19, 2023; officers described high‑risk extractions to remove injured colleagues.
A San Antonio jury on the first day of testimony in State v. Jesus Prado heard multiple witnesses and crime‑scene detectives describe an October 19, 2023 confrontation in which two officers were injured and an occupied residence yielded an AR‑style rifle, multiple magazines and large amounts of ammunition.
Detective Greg Deason of the San Antonio Police Department, called by the state, described arriving after radio traffic reported an officer down and said he and other officers reversed a civilian vehicle and patrol cars down a cul‑de‑sac to extract the injured officer. Deason testified they believed a rifle had been used from inside a residence, and that he observed a rifle in a bedroom and multiple holes in the bedroom window consistent with gunfire. "That's where the shooting took place," Deason told jurors when asked about damage to the bedroom window.
Detective Peter Donahue of the department's crime scene unit authenticated a…
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