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San Antonio Park Police Officer Kimberly Alonso, a nine-year veteran of the Park Police Department, was the first to show up. Her bodycam footage was the video released. There were multiple witnesses around the area.
The video shows Alonso checking on the driver, making sure he got to the lake shore area safely.
“You have a knife in your pocket, buddy,” Alonso said in the video.
The video shows Alonso telling him to put it down. Police say Deckard-Thomas then “pointed the knife at the officer.”
Alonso tells Deckard-Thomas multiple times to put the knife down, but the video shows that he did not and continued to walk toward her.
That’s when Alonso shoots several rounds toward the suspect.
“Stop! Put the knife down please!” Alonso yells as she shoots.
The video shows that she shot two rounds at him, and police say he was hit in the torso.
Deckard-Thomas was taken to a local hospital and was charged with aggravated assault against a peace officer. According to jail records, he was released Feb. 19, four days after the incident.
Police also released an image of the knife they say was found on Deckard-Thomas:
