Updated
Updated · KSAT San Antonio · Jun 22
Medical Examiner Identifies 44-Year-Old Man, 40-Year-Old Wife in Stone Oak Murder-Suicide
Updated
Updated · KSAT San Antonio · Jun 22

Medical Examiner Identifies 44-Year-Old Man, 40-Year-Old Wife in Stone Oak Murder-Suicide

2 articles · Updated · KSAT San Antonio · Jun 22

Summary

  • Albert Nixon Richter IV, 44, was identified as the gunman who killed his estranged wife, Brianna Richter, 40, in a Stone Oak home Friday before fatally shooting himself, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office said Monday.
  • Around noon, Albert shot through the home’s glass doors and moved toward Brianna; the medical examiner ruled her death a homicide and his a suicide.
  • Officer Hunter Albrecht, a seven-year San Antonio police officer, was shot in the lower abdomen during the standoff, while two children inside the house were unharmed.
  • After failed SWAT contact attempts, police used tear gas and later sent a drone into the home around 3 p.m., where both Albert and Brianna were found dead.
  • The shooting shut down streets and forced evacuations in the Stone Oak neighborhood, underscoring the domestic-violence context of the case.

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