Good Guy with a Gun #257: San Antonio, TX
Sometimes an attack comes from inside the home. | Original incident: July 13, 2024
These posts are based on our Good Guy with a Gun calendar. Today’s post is essentially the same as the calendar version.
The night before this incident, a woman walked out of her home thinking the fight was over. It wasn’t, and when she came back the next morning, Arturo Avila, 45, picked up right where he’d left off — going after her, a juvenile in the house, and another family member.
Somewhere in that scramble, just after 9 AM on a Saturday, she shot him.
San Antonio police got the call, finding Avila with a gunshot wound to the upper body. They rushed him to a hospital, where he died.
Whoever and wherever the bad guys are, being prepared with a firearm may be the only thing that protects your loved ones.
Sources
KSAT ran two stories about the incident: a same-day piece and a follow-up with Avila’s ID.
KTSA’s version is a brief rewrite of the same police account.
Fort Bend Herald’s piece is only readable via an archive on the Wayback Machine.
The San Antonio Express-News (paywalled) also ran a story.