Murder suspect barricades himself in North Bexar County home with father’s body

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SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) -A man who barricaded himself in a North Bexar County home with his father’s body is charged with 1st degree felony murder.

Christian Rodriguez is accused of stabbing his father to death at the home on Whistling Acres.  His bond has been set at $250,000.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar says a neighbor called deputies Monday afternoon to report there was a dead body inside the home.  It’s not known how long the man had been dead, but the sheriff said it could have been several hours or days.

Deputies surrounded the home in a neighborhood near Bulverde Road at Highway 281 as negotiators talked Rodriguez into dropping the weapon from a second-story window before he went outside the home and surrendered.

 

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) – A North Side man faces a murder charge after barricading himself inside a home with a dead relative.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar says a neighbor called deputies to the residence on Whistling Acres Monday afternoon where they found a man with several stab wounds to the upper body.  The deputies heard the suspect in another room.

“They retreated and called for negotiators and our mental health  unit,” said Salazar. “They were able to talk to him through an upstairs window and they were able to convince  him to throw the weapon (knife)  down before giving himself up.”

It’s not known when the stabbing occurred in that home in a neighborhood near Bulverde Road and HIghway 281. The sheriff says the victim could have been dead for several hours or days.

The suspect is in his 20s and the victim was in his 40s.

 

 

 

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