Incident

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8-30-2023 Texas San Antonio 1-1

Location

August 30, 2023

Home Depot
611 SW Loop 410
San Antonio, Texas

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Detective John Helle
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Victor Andres Fernandes
Age: 21
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, suicide)
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed

Notes

subj attempted to flee from detention in parking lot; wounded detective accidentally shot self in torso

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/08/31/shooting-at-west-side-home-depot-draws-heavy-police-response/

URL: https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/san-antonio-detective-accidentally-shoots-himself-during-deadly-confrontation-in-home-depot-parking-lot-texas-police-investigation-hospital-ambulance-handgun-suspect-officers#

District

Congressional District: 23
State Senate District: 26
State House District: 124