Boerne Police Department Cpl. Cheyenne Weber fatally shot 41-year-old Brandon Cruz at the Carrington Place Apartment Complex Monday afternoon after a pursuit from Gillespie County took place earlier in the day.
A press release from the Boerne Police Department stated Cruz was a Bexar County resident. A search indicated his Ford Mustang is registered to an address in Boerne owned by Eduardo Cruz.
Information from the BPD call sheets and the press release indicate a suicide threat was made by Cruz at a nursing home in Gillespie County when Cruz allegedly placed his father’s gun in his own mouth. His father reportedly was able to get the gun away from Cruz before he began his journey to Boerne.
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