my name is mariah medina i'm the public affairs manager for the san antonio police department this critical incident video release is intended to provide you with information as the department currently understands it about an officer-involved shooting that occurred in the 300 block of noria on july 5th of 2021. san antonio police lieutenant michelle ramos will walk you through 911 audio and body worn camera video relevant to the facts of the incident as we know them so far content of this video may not be suitable for all audiences viewer discretion is advised on july 5th 2021 shortly after 11 11am officers were dispatched to respond to the 200 block of noria because a man opened fire at news crew members and some bystanders the news crew had been at the location to inspect damage to a home which burned down overnight here's an excerpt of one 9-1-1 call there's a young man with two guns firing at at reporters and just going crazy okay how many gunshots did you hear i heard like five of them he's got two two pistols hand pistols officers learned the gunman identified as 28 year old eduardo hamesquita had fled to a home in the 300 block of noria they keep saying they have movement on a house in the 300 block someone inside the home called had assaulted 911 in the home but they were all able to escape amesquita barricaded himself inside the home and officers called for swat and negotiators negotiators attempted to establish communication with amesquita for nearly four hours with little success negotiators then utilized a taunting tactic to elicit a response from mamaskita who had been minimally responsive to other tactics the negotiators told amesquita that his family was worried about him at some point amesquita moved to a shed in the backyard of the home negotiators continued with their strategy in an effort to keep amesquita's attention around the same time swat officers made their way into the home with the goal of preventing amesquita from getting back inside and containing him to the backyard everyone's worried about you edward state law prohibits us from showing the inside of an individual's home when swat officers got to the back door of the home they see amesquita armed with a handgun he's right there three officers outside of the house and two officers inside of the house opened fire on amesquita those outside the home said they saw amishita point his firearm towards the house those inside the home stated they heard what sounded like a gunshot and opened fire it's unclear who fired first here is another view of the gunfire from an officer who opened fire from the backyard of a home adjacent to the property [Applause] the gun is outgunned is that he has hold of a gun back inside amezkita was pronounced dead at the scene two firearms were also recovered from amasukita one on amazukita and another near his body investigations into deadly force are comprehensive it can take over a year a reminder this is our current understanding of the situation and could change as investigators gather more information the san antonio police department does not make any determination as to whether procedures were followed until all facts are known all officer-involved shootings are forwarded to the bear county district attorney's office for review as of this publication the investigation remains ongoing