SAN ANTONIO — The trial of a three ex-SAPD officers in the death of a woman after a mental health call in 2023 entered its 19th day Thursday after nearly four weeks of testimony.

Melissa Perez, 46, was fatally shot after authorities say she came at officers with a hammer during a mental health episode at her south-side apartment. Former officers Alfred Flores and Eleazar Alejandro are charged with murder, while former officer Nathaniel Villalobos is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Tuesday, SAPD officer Travis Thompson testified in the case. He was at the scene and was one of the officers who responded to Perez's apartment the night she was shot. Thompson says that night, he was in the same patrol unit with defendant Nathan Villalobos. He testified they were respon

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