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Patrolman Kills SuspectPatrolman Eddie Wright, 25 and with five years on the force, fired his .38 caliber pistol twice early Thursdayin the darkened meat cooler of a s u per market, killing one bur-glary suspect and wounding his companion. Police said aWrightDead with a bullet wound of the chest was Macedonia Tovar, 18, of 4221 W. Commerce St.Wounded in the back was Isidro Murroquut, 28, of 154 Allsupturned out to be a knife, whized by the officer as he fired the second shot. The second shot wounded Marroquin.Officers theorized Marroquin was swinging the knife at Wright when he was wounded, with the builel entering the side of the suspect's body and striking his spine. Doctors at thethTrd suWbf^1 'a‘re, f Megave np without I’l'hursday to determine the ex-resistance. tent of the spine injuries.Wright said the third suspect raised ids hands anti said, J. don't have anything.”Officers said this was the first time Wnglit had fired his pistolSt. He was in satisfactory condi- in the line of duty.Uoii and under guard at Bexar County Hospital.• Marroquin and the third suspect, Mike Vaquera, 17, of 20? Apperson Ave., were charged with burglary in Justice of the; Peace Jimmie Gutierrez Court.Late Thursday Police Chief George Biebsel said there was no question as to the justification of the filing of the pistol.Dist. Aty. James Barlow said no charges would be filed tgainst Wright, “H e (Wright)Vaquera was in the Bexar Coun- j was only eomg Jus job, Barlow tv Jail Thursday night, No bond said. _ lias been set in the cases. I Investigation by police later Police said the shooting and revealed a car, believed to nave burglary occurred at Hand v.bocn used by the three suspects, Andy No. 2 at 5)19 Bandera Road .parked near the store. A ladder shortIv after } a.m. Thursday, (was found by the store and offi-Officers said Janies V. Bingh- jeers said it was apparently used 45, of the Smith Detective to reach the roof from whicham,Agency, rushed to the store afl- (burglars entered the storeer a signal was touched off in t h e agency’s office, signifying that someone was in the store.But since there had been some malfunction of the store switch, the agency first sent Bingham to check it out. Bingham discovered a back door of the storethrough a ventilator.Police said they found a barrel filled with about 50 cartons of cigarettes near an open rear door.Lt. Preston Slocum, night chief of detectives, sntd one suspect had two $1 marked bills inajar and asked his office to noti-!his Pos po]icc spcct had four_marked bills in his■Wright! oniv some four blocks J'1L‘awav on routine patrol, rushed ^ offim1s' Po!lce• * . ininiinnnto the store and entered to in-Senices for Tovar were oend-and stationed himself on the outside in front of the store.Officers theorized that the suspects ran !o the front of the store, spotted the officer and ran to hide in the meal cooler. Wright ordered them to halt and when they ignored his warning, he followed them in, using a flashlight.Wright said he shined his flashlight on the men and one of them raised his hand armed with what turned out to be a tire tool. The officer said he fired his first shot as the man advanced toward him.Tovar fell at W r i g h t's feet mortally wounded.At about the same Instant, the officer said, an object whichSenate Okays Science MoneyWASHINGTON (AP) - The -Senate passed by voice vote and sent to the House Thursday a .bill to authorize $490.2 million for the National Science Foundation.The bill has been supplemented by $1(1 million already authorized for the National Sea Grant Program, bringing the 1o-tal authorization to $150,000 more than requested by the administration.The foundation received $400 million In fiscal 1969.
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San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Fri, Sep 19, 1969
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