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Erik De La Garza

Erik De La Garza

Erik De La Garza is a San Antonio-based reporter covering courts, crime and elections for Courthouse News. A South Texas native, Erik graduated from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and previously wrote for newspapers in McAllen and Weslaco, Texas before joining CNS in 2012.

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Latest Articles by Erik De La Garza

Ex-San Antonio officers acquitted in on-duty shooting of woman in 2023

Defense attorneys cast the case as a political prosecution resulting from a faulty investigation into a fatal on-duty shooting incident.

Detective says in trial San Antonio woman was not a threat when shot by officers

For the first time in San Antonio history, three law enforcement officers are standing trial for a fatal on-duty shooting.

‘Texas is grieving’: Flood death toll climbs to 95 as search continues for missing campers

Among the dead are 27 children and counselors from Camp Mystic, a private Christian girls’ camp along the Guadalupe River, where floodwaters swept through in the pre-dawn hours of Independence Day with little warning.

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