SAN ANTONIO TX Sept 5 2020

A suspect is dead and a San Antonio police officer is hospitalized in serious condition after he was stabbed in the face following a shoplifting incident at a Northwest Side H-E-B store, according to SAPD Chief William McManus.

The incident happened around 2:30 p.m., Friday, at an H-E-B store in the 2100 block of Fredericksburg Road.

San Antonio police officers were first notified of the incident after receiving a call for shoplifting at the H-E-B store. Upon arrival, the shoplifting suspect was detained by H-E-B security and an off-duty police officer from Floresville, officials said.

The suspect was then turned over to San Antonio police. As the suspect was standing in front of the police vehicle, going through his belongings in his backpack, that’s when the incident turned into “a vicious attack,” McManus said.

The suspect rushed the San Antonio officer and stabbed him in the face, according to McManus. The suspect then continued to fight the officer and the Floresville officer, police said.

Both of the officers fired multiple gunshots at the suspect, and the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene, SAPD said.

The San Antonio officer was taken to the Brooke Army Medical Center in serious condition, and the off-duty Floresville officer was uninjured. An H-E-B employee was also injured in the incident and was taken to another area hospital out of caution, according to store officials.

The H-E-B store will remain closed for the rest of the day and will reopen at 6 a.m. Saturday for regular store hours.

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