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Pete Michael Barrera

Case from San-antonio, TX dated Jan 15, 2023

Victim Details

Pete Michael Barrera

Male

Hispanic / Latino

San-antonio

TX

2023-01-15

32

Pete

Michael Barrera

08/09/2026

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Pete Michael Barrera was a 32-year-old Hispanic/Latino man whose life ended in a fatal shooting in San Antonio, Texas, on January 15, 2023. Barrera, who was also known to relatives and friends as "Peter" or "Flaco," was remembered by his family as a devoted father, son, brother, uncle and friend. What initially reached San Antonio police as a claimed act of self-defense developed into a homicide investigation after a witness gave detectives an account that sharply contradicted the alleged shoote ...
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  • San Antonio Express-News: He told cops he acted in self-defense. Now he's accused of staging a homicide scene.
  • Obituary | Pete Michael Barrera of San Antonio, Texas
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