Family of man killed by deputies suing Bexar county, sheriff’s office
SAN ANTONIO -- The family of a man killed last month by sheriff’s deputies has filed a lawsuit claiming the deputies violated the civil rights of the man, who was fatally shot as he appeared to raise his hands as if to surrender.
The relatives of Gilbert Flores also want a judge to order the sheriff’s office to keep a second video shot by a neighbor in its original form and not alter it.
The sheriff’s office has refused to release that video, but sent a copy to the Texas Department of Public Safety to enhance it, and later said the video does show Flores had a knife. No hearing has been set for the request for the temporary restraining order.
The suit acknowledges that Flores engaged the deputies in the front yard of the home in the 24000 block of Walnut Pass after they responded to calls of domestic violence there on Aug. 28.
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