Houston, Texas
Omar Ventura, 29, was killed and his brother Ronaldo Ventura, 27, was wounded outside the Sherlock's Baker Street Pub on West Gray early Saturday.
Six-year veteran Officer Jose Coronado was drinking at the club with friends when, he told HPD investigators, that a violent crowd attacked his friend.
The officer told HPD investigators that he identified himself as an officer numerous times as he intervened. He claimed he shot and killed Omar Ventura when the man threatened that he had a gun and then reached for his waistband.
HPD sources who are familiar with the Homicide Squad and Internal Affairs Division investigation told Local 2 Investigates that no gun was found on Omar Ventura's body or with any member of his party.
The sources also told Local 2 Investigates that most of the witnesses have given statements saying they never heard Omar say anything about having a gun before the officer opened fire.
HPD sources said Coronado was tested for alcohol at the department's Central Intox facility, where he tested below the legal driving limit of 0.08.
However, the sources noted that he was tested six hours after the shooting, so extrapolating the body's typical absorption of alcohol would indicate his blood could have contained as much as 0.16 alcohol, well above the limit for being legally intoxicated when the shooting happened.
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