A San Antonio mom looks for answers after her son got shot to death.
Teresa Gutierrez is still trying to figure out how his son died. Rudy Soto and his friend were found with gunshot wounds on an East Side Street.
According to reports, the son of the San Antonio mom was found last January 21, face down by police officers. Soto was only twenty years old.
The son was found dead.
Bases on a report by the San Antonio Express-News, a police officer was on his usual patrol at the 300 block of Fredonia Street when Rudy was found with his friend, Rudy Lopez, on the other side of the road.
The police officer who saw the two thought that Soto and Lopez only passed out or sustained injuries. However, after honking on the two many times, they did not budge and stayed lying on the street.
According to the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office, Soto and Lopez died due to gunshot wounds.
Authorities also ruled the death of the two men as homicides.
Also, in the report made by the police, a resident told the cops that there are drug deals made in the area and that there are instances when possessions are stolen from back yards of households there.
According to family members of Soto, the car of the 20-year-old man was nowhere to be found. Soto purchased this car a few days ago.
The San Antonio mom looks for answers.
The police report was released last Wednesday, but authorities have not yet identified who the suspects are.
Although the cause of death was listed on the police report, there were no details why Soto and Lopez were on that street.
The San Antonio mom said, "We really don't know why he was over there."
Gutierrez does not speak English and only communicates through Spanish. During the interview with San Antonio Express-News, she cried while narrating how she felt when she heard the news about her son.
It was the San Antonio mom's two daughters who told her about what happened to Soto.
The son's previous life
According to the family, Soto is a hardworking person. The San Antonio mom said, "He was a good person, and he was always attached to me."
However, last year, Soto ran into trouble with family members. There was also an instance when Soto and his ex-girlfriend had an argument that became physical.
Despite these instances, Gutierrez does not think this is connected to his son's death.
The San Antonio mom also does believe that her son is connected to any gang activity.
The death of Soto is still very painful to the family, especially because they do not know what happened to him.
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