The 20-year-old suspect was under electronic monitoring and barred from possessing firearms when the Oct. 30 shooting occurred, court records show.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A 20-year-old man charged in a shooting at a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was already out on bond in three separate cases and subject to court restrictions when the new offense allegedly occurred, according to an arrest affidavit and court records.
Adrian Amador was arrested in early November on a warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the Oct. 30 shooting on San Antonio’s Northwest Side. At the time, authorities said he was required to wear an ankle monitor around the clock and was prohibited from possessing firearms. Investigators later used location data from that same monitoring device as part of the evidence connecting him to the shooting investigation. Amador denied involvement.
The shooting followed a report of a burglary involving an unmarked DPS vehicle at the Homewood Suites in the 4300 block of Spectrum One. A trooper staying at the hotel discovered shortly before 5 a.m. that his state vehicle had been broken into. Another trooper responded and soon noticed a suspicious black Ford pickup in the area, according to investigators.
The responding trooper followed the pickup after it made a U-turn and headed toward the Interstate 10 frontage road. According to the arrest affidavit, the trooper reported that a passenger leaned out of the vehicle, aimed a firearm toward him and fired. The trooper was not struck, and his vehicle was not hit. DPS said the trooper did not fire his own weapon.
No suspect was immediately identified. Investigators reviewed surveillance footage that showed two men in hooded sweatshirts leaving the nearby Broadstone Colonnade Apartments in a pickup, but the available video and license plate information did not allow authorities to identify the vehicle, according to the affidavit. Investigators also said they had not determined whether the burglary of the DPS vehicle and the later gunfire were connected.
An anonymous tip later directed investigators toward Amador. Authorities compared that information with GPS records from his court-ordered ankle monitor. The affidavit says the monitoring data placed him near the hotel around the time of the burglary and near the apartment complex around the period when the trooper reported being fired upon. Investigators said the device then moved along a route consistent with the trooper’s account before ending at Amador’s far West Side home.
The circumstances drew additional attention because Amador was already facing unresolved felony cases. Local news reports citing court records said he was out on bond in three separate matters when the Oct. 30 incident occurred. His monitoring and firearm restrictions were conditions imposed while those cases remained pending. Being charged in an earlier case does not establish guilt, and authorities have not said that the prior allegations prove he committed the new offense.
Investigators also cited social media material they believed showed Amador with firearms and cash. Such images were included as part of the investigative account but do not by themselves establish that Amador possessed the weapon used in the shooting. Authorities have not publicly announced the recovery of a firearm that they have identified as the weapon fired at the trooper.
During questioning, Amador acknowledged that he had been at the Broadstone Colonnade Apartments on Oct. 30, saying a friend lived there, according to the affidavit. He told investigators that he and his brother worked in landscaping and denied participating in the shooting. His brother was detained during the investigation but had not been arrested in connection with the trooper shooting in the court records reviewed by news organizations.
The new aggravated assault with a deadly weapon case carries a $250,000 bond, according to booking and court information reported after Amador’s arrest. The charge remains pending, and no court finding has established that Amador fired the shot. Authorities also have not publicly identified another person as charged in the shooting or announced a final determination about whether the burglary and gunfire were part of the same event.
Author note: Last updated November 8, 2026.