Ankle Monitor Data Leads to Re-Arrest in San Antonio Trooper Shooting
Adrian Amador, 20, was booked Monday for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after GPS records placed him near a Northwest Side hotel where a DPS officer was fired upon on Oct. 30.
By Pedro Barnes ·
San Antonio police re-arrested a 20-year-old man on Monday after an ankle monitor linked him to a shooting at a state trooper last week. Adrian Amador was booked into custody on a warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He had been released on bond for three separate cases, including one for aggravated assault, and was prohibited from owning firearms at the time of the incident.
The shooting occurred near 5 a.m. on Oct. 30 at the Homewood Suites in the 4300 block of Spectrum One. Department of Public Safety troopers first responded to a report of a burglary in an unmarked vehicle parked at the hotel. Within an hour, an officer spotted a black Ford pickup truck near the property. The trooper followed the vehicle after it made a U-turn onto the Interstate 10 frontage road.
According to the arrest affidavit, a passenger in the truck leaned out the window and pointed a firearm at the pursuing trooper. The officer reported seeing a muzzle flash and hearing a gunshot, though neither the trooper nor the vehicle sustained damage. Investigators used an anonymous tip and Amador’s GPS data to connect him to the scene. The records showed his ankle monitor was active in the area during the burglary and followed the same route the trooper described, ending at Amador’s home on the far West Side.
Surveillance footage captured two men in hooded sweatshirts leaving the nearby Broadstone Colonnade Apartments in the pickup truck. While investigators could not identify the vehicle through license plate readers, GPS data placed Amador at the apartment complex around the time of the shooting. A trooper also found social media photos of Amador holding large amounts of cash and firearms.
Amador admitted to investigators that he and his brother work in landscaping and that a friend lives at the Broadstone Colonnade Apartments. He confirmed his presence at the location on Oct. 30 but denied taking part in the shooting. His brother was detained on Monday evening but has not yet been formally charged in connection with the incident.
The affidavit states that investigators remain unsure if the vehicle burglary and the subsequent shooting are connected or merely coincidental. Amador is currently in custody pending further review of the case.
