Adrian Salazar Aguilar was a 21-year-old detention guard with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office and a husband and father. On the night of Saturday, June 29, 1985, he was returning to the Bexar County Jail after guarding a hospitalized prisoner at University Hospital. Dressed in uniform and driving his personal car, he took the Santa Rosa Street exit off Interstate 10 when someone in a passing vehicle shot him from the passenger side.

Police found his car in the San Pedro Creek at West Martin Street and North Santa Rosa Street. Deputy Aguilar was inside, unconscious and bleeding; he was taken to Brook Army Medical Center and died several hours later on June 30, 1985. An autopsy confirmed a single gunshot wound to the back and his death was ruled a homicide.

There were no known witnesses and investigators have not determined whether the shooting was related to his work or was random. The case remains open and unsolved. If anyone has information, please contact the San Antonio Police Department Cold Case Squad or the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.