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Joe Martinez

Case from San Antonio, TX dated Sep 14, 2025

Victim Details

Joe Martinez

Male

San Antonio

TX

2025-09-14

19

Joe

Martinez

07/13/2026

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In the early minutes of September 14, 2025, Joe Martinez, 19, a male, stood with friends on the top level of the Rivercenter Parking Garage in downtown San Antonio when the night tipped from noisy to lethal. Police were called just before 1:30 a.m. Officers climbed to the rooftop and found Joe Martinez, 19, fatally wounded; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Bexar County Medical Examiner later identified him and ruled his death a homicide caused by a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

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  • KSAT: ME’s office identifies man killed in shooting at downtown parking garage
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