Officer-involved shooting leaves area man dead

(Seguin) -- A Marion man is dead after he was killed in an officerinvolved shooting early Thursday morning in Seguin.

The shooting occurred around 4:45 a.m. at the intersection of Live Oak and Milam streets, near downtown Seguin. The victim has been identified as Alejandro Saucedo, 42, of Marion.

Seguin Police officials say the incident began with a traffic stop at around 1:46 a.m. in the area of North State Highway 123 Bypass and Mockingbird Lane. The patrol officer initiated the traffic stop in that area, but the vehicle continued to flee. It would eventually stop in the area of South Milam and East Live Oak Streets.

Seguin Police Officers conducted a felony stop at that time on the vehicle and its three occupants. The two passengers in the Suzuki SX4 are said to have complied with officer commands and were taken into custody. However, officers say Saucedo, the driver of the vehicle, remained non-compliant.

Officers say the passengers also informed them that Saucedo was in possession of a gun. The Guadalupe County SWAT unit was then activated and negotiations began to try to get Saucedo safely out of the vehicle.

Police say negotiators were not able to gain compliance from Saucedo. They then eventually used gas to try to get Saucedo out of the vehicle. At approximately 4:43 a.m., officers say shots were fired between Saucedo and law enforcement officials on the scene. Saucedo was struck and pronounced dead at the scene.

Some people may have been awakened by an emergency notification from the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office notifying the public to stay out of that area during the incident. The sheriff’s office sent out an all-clear sign just after 6 a.m. Thursday. One of the passengers Zoey Solis, 21, of Gonzales was taken into custody by Seguin police for the manufacture and delivery of drugs, interference with public duties, and resisting arrest.

The case remains under investigation by the Seguin PD’s Criminal Investigation Division and the Texas Rangers.