Jurors on Tuesday were shown dozens of photos from the crime scene where 46-year-old Melissa Perez was shot and killed by San Antonio police officers on June 23, 2023.

Prosecutors said Perez was experiencing a mental health crisis when she cut the fire alarm system at her Southwest Side apartment complex.

Officers attempted to arrest her when body camera footage showed Perez swinging a hammer at them, prompting the officers to open fire.

Former SAPD officers Alfred Flores, Eleazar Alejandro and Nathaniel Villalobos are charged with her shooting death.

The images, presented in court by SAPD crime scene investigator Yvonne Diaz, included photos of shell casings and scenes from inside Perez’s apartment.

Jurors also viewed the actual hammer seen in the body camera footage.

Ben Sifuentes,

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