David Alai Rodriguez Cabrera, 36, was found dead in the backyard of his West Side San Antonio home in the 900 block of South San Augustine Avenue on the afternoon of Friday, June 19, 2026. Emergency callers reported hearing roughly five gunshots; officers arriving about 2:45 p.m. discovered Rodriguez Cabrera with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced him deceased. Witnesses said a man dressed in black walked away after the shots.

A 36-year-old housemate, Julio Castro, approached police the next day and admitted he had shot his friend, telling officers he had done something while under the influence of narcotics. Castro was arrested and charged with murder. Investigators recovered several spent .357 shell casings and a Glock Model 31, .357-caliber firearm at the scene that matched Castro’s statements. Castro gave conflicting accounts to detectives, alternately claiming self-defense and an accidental discharge while demonstrating the gun. Surveillance video captured both men in the backyard before the shooting and showed Castro walking away afterward.

Are there any neighbors or visitors who saw the yard that afternoon or who recognize the man in the surveillance footage?