BYSTANDERS. AT THIS TIME THE VICTIM IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE INVESTIGATION
STILL ONGOING.
HIS
BUSINESS SUPPLIES RIFLES TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY INCLUDING SOME RIGHT
HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
BUT SOME OFFICERS WONDER WHY
THEIR DEPARTMENTS BUY ANYTHING
AT ALL FROM MIKE MCCAUL SKATE A
MONTHS LONG INVESTIGATION BY
THE 19TH DILLON COLLIER FOUND
THE HOFF GET A HISTORY OF
REPEATEDLY THREATENING SAN
ANTONIO POLICE.
>> AND BRINGING UP ONE OF THE
WORST SHOOTINGS IN THE HISTORY
OF SAPD IT’S TONIGHT’S
DEFENDERS REPORT.
>> IN LATE 2017 JUST MONTHS REMOVED FROM SURVIVING A SHOOTOUT THAT KILLED HIS
PARTNER
MIGUEL MORENO SAPD OFFICER
JULIO CAVAZOS WAS PRESENTED
WITH A RIFLE
FROM SONS OF LIBERTY GUN WORK
STATS CO OWNER MIKE MY HOUSE
KEY PICTURED NEAR CHIEF WILLIAM
MCMANUS YEAH, GOOD RIFLES OF
THESE THINGS WILL BE ON PATROL
IN THE HOUSE CAN USE THE FACE
OF A COMPANY THAT AT LAST CHECK
HAD 82,000 FOLLOWERS ON
INSTAGRAM ALONG LAST SUMMER
SAPD RECORDS SHOW HE DONATED
MORE THAN $2200 TO THE
DEPARTMENT’S SWAT TEAM TO PAY
FOR TRAVEL ACCOMMODATIONS IN
ENTRY FEES FOR AN OUT OF
TOWN EVENT.
>> AND JOHN AND I WERE ONE BUT
TO SOME LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
>> THE HOUSE KEY AND SAPD ARE
DEFINITELY
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS. POLICE AND
COURT RECORDS COMPILED BY THE
DEFENDERS THE PAST
SEVERAL MONTHS INCLUDE THIS
2007 SAPD
ARREST REPORT IN A HOUSE KEY
WAS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HIS
OWN MOTHER SAYING OUT LOUD IN
THE PRESENCE OF OFFICERS THAT
HE WANTED TO QUOTE
RUN HIS FIST THROUGH HER MOUTH
IN SEE HER BRAINS THAT SHE
SHOULD TAKE A VERY LARGE
CALIBER GUN IN BLOW HER
HEAD OFF BASED ON INJURIES TO
THE WOMAN’S FACE AND ARM
CUPLED WITH HIS COMMENTS.
THE HOUSE KEY WAS ARRESTED FOR
FAMILY VIOLENCE AND MAKING
A TERRORISTIC THREAT AGAINST A
FAMILY MEMBER TELLING POLICE
AFTER HE WAS BOOKED
THAT HE HOPED HIS MOM WOULD GET
KILLED BY THE DEVIL HIMSELF
AND THEN BURNING HOW 18 MONTHS
LATER, BOTH CASES WERE
DISMISSED AFTER HIS MOTHER
STOPPED COOPERATING. IN
FEBRUARY 2009 SAPD AGAIN CAME
INTO CONTACT WITH MY HOUSE KEY.
THIS TIME AT
AN APARTMENT AFTER
INVESTIGATORS SAID HE
REPEATEDLY CALLED 911
THREATENING TO DO SOMETHING BAD
TO POLICE OFFICERS
DURING VULGAR PROFANITY FILLED
CONVERSATIONS WITH 3 DIFFERENT
FEMALE EMERGENCY OPERATORS
THIS TIME THE HOUSE HE ALSO
REFERENCED THE INFAMOUS 2003
DID THE SHOOTING
IN WHICH FOR SAPD OFFICERS WERE
SHOT BY SUSPECT JAMI LOOKED IN
WALTER AFTER HE TOOK ONE OF
THEIR GUNS BEFORE THEY WERE
ABLE TO KILL HIM
THE ABUSE OF CALLS TO 911
CHARGE AGAINST THE HOUSE KEY
DISMISSED IN LATE 2009.
AFTER HE AGREED TO A PLEA DEAL
IN AN UNRELATED
DWI CASE FEBRUARY 2010 ANOTHER
RUN-IN BETWEEN THE HOUSE KEY
AND SAPD OFFICERS THIS ONE
OUTSIDE A DOWNTOWN BAR AS
MY HOUSE HE WAS WAITING TO BE
TAKEN TO JAIL FOR
PUBLIC INTOXICATION OFFICERS
CITY USED AN EXPLETIVE AND A
HOMOPHOBIC SLUR TO REFER TO ONE
OF THEM. BEFORE AGAIN BRINGING
UP THE
DEADLY SHOOTING. THIS TIME
SAYING HE HIMSELF KILLED
SERGEANT BAKO AN APPARENT
REFERENCE TO
JOHN BAKO WHO SURVIVED THE
ORDEAL ONLY TO DIE IN AN
OFF-DUTY MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN
2007. THE HOUSE KEY SAYING
QUOTE NOW BAKOS IN THE GROUND
MOTHER EXPLETIVE
6 FEET UNDER AFTER MY HOUSE HE
WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE TRANSPORT
WAGON POLICE CITY THRASHED
AGAINST AN OFFICER VIOLENTLY
KICKING HIS FEET AT SAPD THAT
HAD GATHERED ON SCENE AND ONCE
ON THE GROUND TOLD OFFICERS
QUOTE HIS FRIEND JAMES SHOT
OFFICERS WITH THEIR OWN GUN
BECAUSE THEY
COULDN’T FIGHT GUNS AND
VIOLENCE WERE NOTHING NEW TO
LOOK TO WALTER A SEARCH OF
PUBLIC RECORDS CONFIRMS THAT
THE HOUSE KEY WAS CONNECTED TO
LOOK
WALTER, A CONVICTED FELON WHO
WORK FROM THE HOUSE KEYS MOTHER
DELIVERING MEDICAL RECORDS
ACCORDING TO THE SAN ANTONIO
EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLE REACHED
FOR COMMENT. THE HOUSE KEY
CONCEDED HE KNEW THAT THE
SHOOTER FOR 6 OR 7 MONTHS
SAYING QUOTE WE WERE FRIENDLY
LESS THAN 9 MONTHS AFTER MY
HOUSE, HE WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY. HE PLEADED NO CONTEST
TO RESISTING ARREST
AND WAS SENTENCED TO 2 DAYS IN
JAIL PLUS A FINE, BUT MY HOUSE
KEYS CONNECTION TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT AS FAR AS HIS
BUSINESS IS CONCERNED.
>> STRETCHES WELL
BEYOND SAPD THE DEFENDERS FOUND
FOR SAN ANTONIO AREA
DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BOUGHT
WEAPONS OR WEAPON PARTS FROM
SONS
OF LIBERTY. THE PAST FEW YEARS
CASTLE HILLS POLICE CONFIRM
THEY HAVE 5 WEAPONS FROM SONS
OF LIBERTY. CHIEF JOHN SEEM
INSANE ON THE PHONE HAD THEY
KNOWN ABOUT THE HOUSE KEYS
CRIMINAL HISTORY. THEY WOULD
HAVE GONE IN ANOTHER DIRECTION
WHEN BUYING THE FIREARMS
CONVERSE POLICE SAY THEY SPENT
MORE THAN $45,000 FOR 45
WEAPONS FROM SONS OF LIBERTY
SINCE THE FALL OF 2016 THEIR
INTERIM CHIEF DID NOT RESPOND
TO A REQUEST TO BE INTERVIEWED
IT TOOK CLOSE TO 2 MONTHS TO
GET THE CORRECT RECORD FROM
TEXAS, AM SAN ANTONIO THEY SHOW
ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU SONS
OF LIBERTY IN LATE 2017 CALLING
IT A
ONE-TIME PURCHASE.
>> FOR A PART TO REPAIR A
WEAPON HEAVY WEIGHT IS GIVEN TO
LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES AND TO
A COMPANY’S LOCATIONS,
ACCORDING TO BEXAR COUNTY
SHERIFF JAVIER SALAZAR WHOSE
AGENCY HAS PURCHASED MORE THAN
$47,000 WORTH OF RIFLES AND
ACCESSORIES FROM SONS OF
LIBERTY SINCE LATE
2017, ENJOYS THE CONVENIENCE OF
NOT HAVING TO SEND OFF A WEAPON
FOR REPAIRS SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN SALAZAR HIMSELF AN SAPD OFFICER WOUNDED IN THE SHOOTING
TOOK PLACE
DID NOT SEEM PARTICULARLY
CONCERNED BY THE HOUSE KEYS
PAST COMMENTS OR ACTIONS.
AND CERTAINLY I THINK THAT
BEARS
LOOKING INTO.
>> BUT AGAIN I DON’T KNOW THAT
IT’S ANYTHING THAT WOULD
PROHIBIT US FROM DOING BUSINESS
IN THE HOUSE KEY REPEATEDLY
TOLD US HE WANTED TO BE
INTERVIEWED FOR THIS STORY EVEN
CLAIMING HIS MEDIA TEAM WOULD
BE THERE TO FILM IT.
>> THEN TELLING US HE NEEDED TO
GO ON THE RECORD TO CORRECT
SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE HAD
BUT HE NEVER SHOWED UP. AND
INSTEAD TOLD US VIA EMAIL
REGRETTABLY I SAID AND DID
THOSE THINGS I WISH I COULD
DENY THOSE STATEMENTS BUT I
CAN’T BACK THEN I DISLIKED LAW
ENFORCEMENT. I DON’T THINK THEY
LIKE ME MUCH EITHER I HAD A LOT
OF
MISDIRECTED ANGER. ONE NIGHT A
SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER GAVE
ME THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
WHEN I PROBABLY DIDN’T DESERVE
IT. HE TALKED TO ME ABOUT
PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE
CHOICES WE ALL MAKE AND THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE CHOICES.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE
HUMAN SIDE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND IT HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON
ME THE PROFUNDITY WOULD BE LOST
IF I TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU
BUT I CREDIT THAT OFFICER WITH
SAVING
MY LIFE. THE STATEMENT GOES ON
TO SAY THAT THE HOUSE KEYS
COMPANY IS NOW THE STRONGEST
SUPPORTER OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT LOCALLY. IT DID NOT
CORRECT ANY INFORMATION THAT
KSAT HAD GATHERED FOR THE
DEFENDERS DILLON COLLIER KSAT
12 NEWS.
>> AND THE HOUSE KEY REMAINS ON
BOND FOR A REPEAT DWI CHARGE
DESPITE HIS CRIMINAL HISTORY