Nearly two weeks after fatal encounter, BCSO identifies deputy who shot and killed Nicholas Norris

SAN ANTONIO – A Bexar County Sheriff’s lawman who changeable and killed a antheral suffering from a intelligence wellness occurrence connected the acold West Side precocious past period was identified by bureau officials Tuesday arsenic 33-year-old Deputy Joseph Trevino.

Trevino changeable and killed Nicholas Norris, 38, pursuing a conflict on Potranco Road, Sheriff Javier Salazar antecedently said.

Prior to the fatal encounter, deputies were called by a convenience store clerk astir Norris, who was allegedly scaring customers, Salazar antecedently said.

Deputies attempted to prosecute Norris, who sped disconnected successful an SUV, Salazar said, earlier calling disconnected the pursuit. Later that day, deputies encountered Norris again arsenic helium was driving erratically connected Potranco Road. A conflict ensued, Salazar said, starring Trevino to sprout Norris successful the side. Norris died connected his mode to the hospital.

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Salazar said the county’s intelligence wellness team, known arsenic SMART, encountered Norris earlier and tried to get him help. Despite that, Norris was retired connected the streets again, the sheriff said.

Trevino remains connected administrative leave, a BCSO spokesperson confirmed Tuesday morning.

Trevino has worked for BCSO since April 2012.

Agency officials person released constricted accusation since Salazar’s archetypal briefing, 12 days ago, and person truthful acold refused to supply a preliminary study astir the fatal shooting.

Pressed for much accusation astir the brushwood connected Oct. 6, a BCSO spokeswoman referred the Defenders to Salazar’s Sept. 30 connected camera briefing. The spokeswoman acknowledged the briefing lacked immoderate specifics, including whether oregon not Nicholas was armed.

Nearly 2 weeks aft the fatal shooting, BCSO officials person inactive not confirmed whether Norris had a weapon.

An lawyer representing Norris’ household said deputies are partially responsible for the decease of Norris, who was successful affectional distress aft the nonaccomplishment of his mother, Stephanie Norris, who died of COVID-19.

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“The calamity of this concern is that Nick Norris was successful request of help, and an serviceman who is sworn to assistance citizens ended up taking his life. We spot this irony play retired implicit and implicit with radical who person intelligence wellness challenges. Police departments intelligibly request to amended however they bid for and prosecute erstwhile idiosyncratic is successful an affectional crisis,” lawyer Nicolette Ward said past week. “Our ineligible squad is investigating each ineligible avenues successful this substance and we telephone connected Bexar County officials for implicit transparency regarding the facts of this case.”

Ward works for Romanucci & Blandin, a high-powered steadfast with acquisition successful imaginable constabulary misconduct cases. Previously, the steadfast has represented the families of George Floyd, Javier Ambler and Botham Jean, among others.

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