San Antonio police personnel fired, suspended over Melissa Perez death
More San Antonio Police Department personnel have been punished over the death of Melissa Perez, a woman shot by officers last summer as she suffered a mental health crisis at her South Side apartment complex. A lieutenant has been fired and a sergeant slapped with a seven-day suspension after each left their shifts early on June 22, prior to the incident in which three SAPD officers opened fire on Perez, killing her inside her apartment, KSAT reports, citing disciplinary records. Lt. Steven Velasquez, a 30-year veteran of the force, picked up an indefinite suspension last month after an internal affairs probe found that he left work around 10 p.m. that night, some four hours before he was authorized to do so, according to KSAT.
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