San Antonio arson investigators are working to determine the cause of a vacant house fire late Monday night.

The fire was called in just before 11 p.m. at a home in the 2300 block of East Houston Street, not far from North New Braunfels Avenue and East Commerce Street.

Firefighters said they arrived to find both smoke and flames at the home. The fire was knocked down quickly and without incident.

SAFD said no one was inside the home at the time of the fire. The owner of the home was called and said they’ve been having problems with break-ins, fire officials said.

The cause of the fire is not currently known. A damage estimate was not given.

SAFD said arson investigators are now on scene since no electricity was going into the home and they also found signs of accelerant lighter fluid on one side of the house.

The San Antonio Fire Department and the San Antonio Police Department both answered the call.

No injuries were reported.

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After several delays, the capital murder case of Larry Moore is expected to begin Tuesday.

Larry Moore was arrested and charged in 2018 for the 1987 murder of 25-year-old Dianna Lowery.

According to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office, Dianna Lowery died by asphyxiation and her death was ruled a homicide.

Police at the time were never able to gather enough evidence to arrest a suspect and the case went cold.

In 2005, Moore was indicted for Lowery’s murder after it was discovered he owned the duplex Lowery lived in and also had keys to her apartment. But in 2017, the case was dismissed.

In 2018 the case was reopened again after Lowery’s family called for the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office to look into the case again. Moore was then arrested and charged with capital murder.

The trial had been rescheduled several times because of the pandemic.

Opening arguments are expected to begin Tuesday afternoon.

If found guilty, Moore is facing life in prison.

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On Monday, San Antonio police and first responders responded to a call for a child who was run over by a parent while backing their vehicle out of the driveway along the Interstate 10 frontage road near Houston Road.

Officers on scene hope this tragic scene is a reminder to others to be careful while behind the wheel.

“We need to do everything we can when we’re operating a vehicle, that there’s no children around behind or in front to avoid this happening again,” Officer Tom Alonzo said.

Deacon Jerry Whitley, a retired firefighter who is now a chaplain, said everyone processes scenes in different ways. He said when he joined the department in the 1980′s, he remembered most folks were too tough to speak out about their feelings or to seek help.

Whitley said agencies have been better about pushing for self-care and mental health awareness.

“If it’s a traumatic scene, there may be quite a few crews involved, and they’ll put them out of service. They’ll get people out there, and there’s a possibility that they could even go home,” Whitley said.

Agencies provide support and services but so do churches and other community organizations.

Reboot Recovery is a national program that offers local classes for first responders. Warriors of Ramoth is another local program designed to help those facing PTSD.

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Twisted metal, broken branches and debris is littering much of Appling Road in Kingsbury just off of Interstate 10 in Guadalupe County after a severe storm struck the area Monday.

“We have multiple trees down, we have houses damaged, property damaged so we’re just trying to assess and see what we got,” said Patrick Pinder, emergency management coordinator and fire marshal of Guadalupe County.

As of Monday night, the National Weather Service hadn’t confirmed there was a tornado but Pinder said he’s convinced that’s what caused the damage.

“With my experience and seeing some of the damage we’ve had,” Pinder said. “We had a significant storm blow through here, and it’s potential or possibility that the National Weather Service will confirm a tornado.”

The damage was located in pockets just outside of the main area of Kingsbury.

Harry Cox said the debris in the front of his home was once a travel trailer. A tree fell on his house, so he isn’t sure what condition the roof is in.

With significant damage to power lines, people living here are in the dark.

“I’m working on the generator right now, so without power, I don’t know what the fix time will be on that,” Cox said.

Cox was driving home when the storm came through. His 10-year-old daughter, Abby, and his wife took shelter in the bathtub.

“I hear just, it’s just a lot of wind and the knocking,” Abby said. “I run in, my moms running towards me so then we turn around and go to the bathroom and we sit there. I’m panicking, she’s panicking and people are calling us.”

Pieces of Harry’s barn are scattered throughout the area. He said the barn was used mostly for storage.

Abby said her playset, once anchored down behind the house, is now 300 feet away, crumpled in the pasture.

They’re both just thankful everyone is OK.

“People talk about it and you see the devastation on the news and it just doesn’t hit home until you drive up and there it is, and your family is standing outside. That’s all that matters,” Cox said.

Pinder said there’s no reports of injuries, but his office is in for a long night of checking on people and property.

For anyone else with damage from these storms, the Texas Division of Emergency Management is asking you to report it. You can do that by visiting damage.tdem.texas.gov and clicking on March Severe Weather.

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A grand jury has indicted a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy for shooting and killing a man inside a home in Elmendorf in 2020, court records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.

Deputy Brandin Moran faces a felony charge of manslaughter after a grand jury returned an indictment against him Monday.

Moran was not yet in custody as of Monday night, BCSO officials said.

The indictment of a peace officer for a fatal on-duty shooting is a rare occurrence in Bexar County.

Moran is accused of shooting and killing 47-year-old Jesus Bonito Garcia in March 2020 after responding to a mobile home in the 17000 block of Blue Horizon for a family disturbance involving a weapon.

A wrongful death lawsuit filed against Moran and Bexar County earlier this month states that Garcia was holding a screwdriver to his own neck and threatening to harm himself, when Moran repeatedly fired his service weapon at him less than 10 seconds “after bursting into the home” with his gun drawn.

BCSO officials at the scene, however, claimed that Garcia approached both an Elmendorf police officer and Moran in a threatening manner, forcing Moran to repeatedly fire his weapon.

A neighbor reported seeing a man dragging a woman into the home by her hair prior to law enforcement arriving on scene.

Garcia, who according to the suit was shot five times, died at the scene.

Moran will be placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of his criminal case.

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The severe weather in Central Texas resulted in at least one reported tornado on Monday evening.

Round Rock police said they have received multiple reports of structural damage caused by the tornado that touched down around I-35 and Texas State Highway 45 shortly before 6 p.m.

Officers are currently assessing the damage caused by the reported tornado that moved through Round Rock closer to 6pm. There are reports of structural damage to multiple homes and businesses. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/GpPv5betxI

— Round Rock Police (@roundrockpolice) March 22, 2022

Several residents posted photos and videos of the tornado on social media, giving a glimpse into the damage it caused. One video shows an overturned car and significant damage that was done to a business park.

The full scale of the damage caused by the tornado is not yet known.

My first tornado!
Round Rock, TX
On Gattis School Rd X AW Grimes heading East pic.twitter.com/2uY515p2h6

— chadiusvt (@chadiusvt) March 21, 2022

Round Rock got hit hard! #roundrock #Tornado pic.twitter.com/F6YLO0WUXy

— Randy (@SpanishOutlaw) March 22, 2022

@averytomascowx @NWSSanAntonio @TravisCOSW we believe we just had a tornado off La Frontera in Round Rock. Power is out shingles went flying pic.twitter.com/PSVdWb0viQ

— Stephen Austin (@Manning_26) March 21, 2022

Tornado a few minutes ago in Round rock. View from Hutto. #txwx pic.twitter.com/cwZEpIB9Ed

— David Arthur (@Overcastart) March 21, 2022

Most of the state was placed under a tornado watch on Monday due to the severe weather. In the San Antonio area, quarter-sized hail was reported throughout the region.

Bexar County was cleared from the tornado watch around 7 p.m., but counties east of Bexar were still active as of 7:15 p.m.

Several counties have been cleared from the Tornado Watch, but the risk remains in the shaded areas. pic.twitter.com/FTPoSTYz4n

— NWS Austin/San Antonio (@NWSSanAntonio) March 22, 2022

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As the first black woman nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is said to signify the critical need for diversity among the legal profession and the judiciary itself.

“We are in a democratic system where the laws are supposed to be indicative of the people that it serves,” said Artessia House, president of the San Antonio Black Lawyers Association.

But as far as representing those very people, House said, “We have a long way to go. This is a start. By confirming her appointment, we will be one step closer to where we need to be.”

Alan Haynes, an assistant dean at the St. Mary’s School of Law, who works on diversity initiatives, said, “Even today, 90% of lawyers are white, and diversification of the legal profession is a necessity.”

Haynes said he sees Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination as an opportunity.

“It represents, I think, the potential to get more people who are interested in the law, who are people of color to think seriously about becoming part of the profession,” Haynes said.

Karen Crawford, a second-year law student at St. Mary’s, said, “It is hard. It’s a lot of work, but it’s beneficial. If we’re not at the table, the justice system is never going to change.”

Although she hopes to someday become a prosecutor, Crawford said as the first former public defender considered for the high court, Brown Jackson “understands getting in the trenches with those who seek justice and don’t have enough money or privilege to actually access it.”

She said Brown Jackson’s extensive career shows she is one of the nation’s most qualified women on the bench.

“You can’t just be just as good,” Crawford said. “You had better be better to even try to get a nomination.”

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