Antonio Sanchez, 44, was shot to death on the afternoon of August 11, 2025, on San Antonio’s West Side. Officers on an unrelated traffic stop heard gunfire around 2:30–2:40 p.m. and found Sanchez in the 400 block of Southlawn Avenue near Ceralvo Street with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso; he died at the scene. The Bexar County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide by multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators say the killing followed a prior home invasion in which three suspects kidnapped and beat two of Sanchez’s friends, then used one victim’s phone to lure Sanchez to that address. Affidavits describe an ambush: one suspect in red shot Sanchez in front of the captives while another acted as a lookout. Evidence cited by police includes vehicle data and social media posts linking the group to the attack.

Arrests were made: 20-year-old Rafael Ricardo Jesus Almendarez was arrested August 20 and charged with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping; 20-year-old Marcos Villegas was arrested September 12–13 and charged with aggravated kidnapping and identified as the man who had the firearm during the home invasion but who reportedly left before the killing. A third suspect, 19-year-old Marco Vasquez, known as Sleepy and described as having a neck tattoo that reads hahaha, is wanted for capital murder and aggravated kidnapping; Crime Stoppers offered a reward for information leading to his arrest. Has anyone on the West Side seen Marco Vasquez or have information about the ambush?