John Daniel Cuevas, 35, a male from San Antonio, was mortally wounded before dawn on Friday, September 26, 2025, at a West Side apartment complex in the 2000 block of South Zarzamora Street. According to police, John Daniel Cuevas, 35, male, had been arguing with another man in the parking lot around 1:10 a.m. The dispute moved to a doorway when the other man retreated inside.
When John Daniel Cuevas, 35, male, knocked, several shots blasted through the closed door, striking John Daniel Cuevas, 35, male, in the abdomen and leg. Officers arriving on scene rendered aid, and he was rushed to the hospital, where John Daniel Cuevas, 35, male, died. The Bexar County Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death a homicide.
Investigators identified the suspect as 29-year-old Alejandro Pacheco. Police detained him at the scene without incident the same night and, according to court records, he was arrested and charged with murder. A judge set his bond at $350,000. Authorities described the sequence simply: a parking-lot argument between Pacheco and John Daniel Cuevas, 35, male; Pacheco's retreat into his apartment; the knock at the door; and then shots fired through the barrier that ended the life of John Daniel Cuevas, 35, male.
By the following week, the medical examiner had formally identified John Daniel Cuevas, 35, male, and confirmed he died of gunshot wounds, details that tied back to the initial scene on South Zarzamora. Coverage also noted that Pacheco previously had an unrelated murder charge dismissed for insufficient evidence years earlier, a case that was later reopened but had not advanced; the current allegation against him arises from the September 26 shooting of John Daniel Cuevas, 35, male.
