It's Thursday, May 4th.
I'm Sarah for Ghani with kids 5 News now.
A school bus was stolen and was
found on the opposite side of
town overnight E centralized.
He confirmed it is one of their
buses saying their transportatin
hub was broken into overnight.
And the bus was found on
the city's West side.
Now, they added,
no one was hurt and it's not
affecting any other bus routes today.
And they also said it appears ar
possibly belonging to the suspect was
found abandoned at the transportation hub.
No word on any suspects at this time.
The weeks long search for the
suspect in a deadly shooting
near a Taco truck has ended.
Police arrested 32 year old
Roland Contreras Junior.
This is an update to a story wee
followed since the shooting April 6th.
Police say Contreras was near a
food truck on Southwest Military
when he got into an argument
with a man and started shooting.
A bullet hit the man's Jeep whee
his wife was sitting and killed.
Contreras was booked on a $200,000 bond.
San Antonio City Council will
meet today to vote on a Tenant
Bill of Rights resolution.
Nearly half of San Antonio
residents are renters,
and this could impact them.
Advocates for the resolution say it will
promote the rights tenants already have,
and we affirm the city's committ
to fair housing practices.
According to a study from
Texas Houses in 2020,
two 625,000 renters live in San
Antonio with the average price of rent.
Coming out to about 1024 now,
if fast,
revisions to the city's notice f
tenants rights will also be approved.
While the resolution cannot chae
existing laws or implement new ,
advocates say this will remind
residents of the rights they do have.
Ken's 5 has obtained up close vo
where San Antonio police shot a
man moments before he was hit.
SAPD says he had his mom in a
chokehold and a knife to her th.
The dramatic moments unfolded
late Wednesday afternoon as kids
were getting home from school.
It happened near a playground aa
Northeast Side apartment complen
Fairdale Drive near 410 and I-3.
San Antonio police say a man in
his 30s was assaulting his mom,
sister and girlfriend.
Inside an apartment before running outside.
Police say the man was in the
parking lot getting chased by
officers and as the suspects mor
was trying to talk to him there,
police say he began attacking h,
grabbed
the mom by the by the around the throat
and put a knife up to her throa.
SAPD Chief William McManus there
saying an officer came from behd
and shot the man in the thigh.
That officer is on administratie
duty department protocol and the
suspect is expected to recover.
A former cheer coach is pleading
no contest to sex assault.
Robert Katara was arrested in 20
and was charged with sexually
assaulting a 16 year old girl.
He faces up to 12 years behind ,
but his defense attorney is now
asking for two years probation.
Either way, Katara will have
to register as a sex offender.
A family is furious after a lone
rider with special needs was
refused via pickup over an ID c.
Hugo Gonzalez rides a paratranst
bus to and from his adult dayca.
And he is he has Down syndrome.
The service gave him freedom and
independence until last week.
If
he doesn't have his, GIDI can't take him.
When did that start yesterday,
And why did anyone inform me?
Hugo's brother David caught the
whole thing on his ring camera.
The driver refused Hugo
because of a missing ID card.
David told us, a staff member
at that adult daycare that Hugo
informed him about 20 other wris
being refused pick up last week.
He's hoping via amends the
rule or creates a backup plan.
Hopefully they they start making some.
Changes that won't,
I guess, break their hearts
and Via Trans spokesperson said.
For safety VIA Trans customers are required
to show their ID card or another form of
official identification when boarding,
and the added operators will
remind passengers to carry
their VIA Trans ID from now on.
The Federal Reserve pushed intet
rates to their highest since 20.
This raises its benchmark rate
to a range between 5% and 5.25%.
The rising cost of borrowing money has
already contributed to the failure of
three major banks in the past two months.
It's also driving down home
sales by nearly 20%.
According to the Fed,
it is a balancing act of promoting jobs and
trying to stabilize prices for Americans.
Meanwhile,
the Treasury Secretary says the
US could run out of money to pay
its own debt as soon as June 1s.
The San Antonio Zoo now faces $1,000,000
lawsuit after a large tree limbe
down crashing on a family back in March.
Crystal and Lebrado Rodriguez he
filed the lawsuit over the injus
their two children suffered,
according to that suit.
The branch that fell weighed upo
£2000 and caused some pretty ses
injuries to the couple's daught.
The suit also alleges gross negligence
and claims the incident will have long
lasting effects on the entire family.
Now in response to that lawsuit,
the zoo's legal counsel said in part.
Quote this was an unfortunate accident
that was not caused by any actin
or inaction by San Antonio Zoo r
its employees and we look forwao
demonstrating that through the legal process.
End Quote.
Next year,
paper tickets are returning to
the King William Fair.
This after complaints from San Antonio's
across the city saying they had
problems using the Blast Pass wristbands
during this year's Fiesta event.
So people took to social media
complaining the wristbands were
not loading up money they paid
for to buy food and drinks.
Some people said their credits
didn't even show up until one
day after the fair was over.
King William Fair officials reld
a statement taking responsibility for
all the issues with the Blast P,
and they also apologize to fair goers,
vendors and volunteers,
and confirmed paper tickets.
We'll be back next year.
Want to check in with meteorolot
Paul Mirelas for today's foreca.
All
right, Sarah.
We've got clouds to start off the day.
We will see a little sunshine,
I think, later on.
High temperatures, 85, so a warm day.
And then this evening,
especially after about 7:00 or ,
O'clock, we've got a chance
for some thunderstorms,
just a 30% chance.
But any storm that moves through
this evening could be severe.
Thank you, Paula. That Skins 5 .
Now. I'm Sarah for Gani.