SAN ANTONIO – The deaths of two individuals killed after a crash Wednesday on Southwest Loop 410 were ruled a murder-suicide, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
Armando Hernandez and Elia Zereth Hernandez, both 46, died from multiple gunshot wounds, the medical examiner’s office determined.
Armando Hernandez was a Southwest ISD police corporal, according to the district and online licensing records. He worked for the department for more than 15 years.
The medical examiner’s office also said Armando Hernandez’s manner of death was suicide, while Elia Zereth Hernandez’s death was ruled a homicide. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
Elia Zereth Hernandez was the wife of Armando Hernandez, according to records obtained by TheTXLoop from the Bexar County Clerk’s office.
San Antonio police officers first responded to a call for a crash around 3 p.m. Wednesday on Southwest Loop 410 near Valley Hi Drive. In an initial statement, SAPD confirmed two people were killed.
In a preliminary report released Thursday, police said the occupants of the vehicle appeared to have gunshot wounds and their deaths were being investigated as a murder-suicide.
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