San Antonio suspect arrested in child's mass shooting
Bexar County authorities arrested 20‑year‑old Bryan Salazar and charged him with capital murder, injury to a child, aggravated assault and related drug and gun offenses in connection with a May 8, 2024 San Antonio mass shooting that left 4‑year‑old Maryann Marble dead and several others wounded. Deputies say suspects fired multiple rounds from an AK‑47 style rifle at a home after stealing an Infiniti Q50; investigators say the attack was allegedly planned as revenge for a relative's killing two weeks earlier and surveillance video aided identification.
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🔍 Key Facts
- Suspect: Bryan Salazar, 20, now in custody and charged with capital murder and other counts.
- Shooting date and location: May 8, 2024, at a home in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; 4‑year‑old Maryann Marble was killed and multiple people injured.
- Alleged details: Attackers fired an AK‑47 style weapon from a stolen Infiniti Q50 after conducting surveillance; motive alleged to be revenge for the killing of Xavier Perez two weeks earlier; at least one other suspect previously arrested (Isaiah Perales) and a third person of interest remains.
📍 Contextual Background
- Law enforcement agencies respond to active shooter incidents and may engage and neutralize suspects at the scene.
- Ballistics testing of a .380-caliber shell casing recovered at the Austin yogurt shop, when resubmitted to a federal database, produced a match to an unsolved 1998 case in Kentucky.
- Officers were on scene within 30 seconds of a 911 call, and two officers pursued the attacker after he left the church and fatally shot him about eight minutes later in an exchange of gunfire.
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation led the investigation, described the incident as an act of targeted violence, and sent about 100 federal agents to Grand Blanc Township.
- The church attack was the second mass shooting in the United States in less than 24 hours; a separate Saturday-night attack in Southport, North Carolina involved a shooter firing from a boat into a crowd, killing three and wounding five.