Miguel Angel Garza, a 32-year-old Hispanic man from San Antonio, was pulled into violence on the night of August 20, 2024, when gunfire broke out in the 6400 block of Interstate 35 North on the city’s Northeast Side. Police said the shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. and that when officers arrived, they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. Garza had been hit multiple times and died from his injuries.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office later identified him and ruled his death a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds.
In the immediate aftermath, the scene appears to have been chaotic and fast-moving. Police reported that one victim was able to speak, though only briefly, while investigators followed a blood trail left at the scene. Even before the full story had been pieced together, officers detained one person for further questioning, a sign that detectives believed the shooter or someone closely tied to the violence had not gotten far. At that stage, authorities were still working to determine exactly how the confrontation had unfolded.
Later reporting tied the killing to an argument outside a hotel on that stretch of Interstate 35. According to accounts based on court records and a release from the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, Ronald St. Amie approached Garza and another man and asked whether they had marijuana. When he was told no, the encounter turned deadly. Authorities said St. Amie became upset and opened fire, wounding Garza’s companion and killing Garza. Public reporting identified him as Ronald Arthur St. Amie Jr., and jail-record reporting said he was charged after the shooting, with one report stating he faced capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The case did not fade after the arrest. More than a year later, the public record shows it ended in a conviction. In October 2025, Ronald St. Amie was sentenced to 40 years in prison for Garza’s killing, according to local coverage citing the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office. That means the case moved beyond the uncertainty of the first night, beyond the early detention and charging stage, and into a final courtroom outcome: an identified suspect, a prosecution, a conviction, and a long prison sentence tied to the gunfire that ended Miguel Angel Garza’s life.
