Two shooting fatalities occurred after a fight involving several people around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 19 at the intersection of San Antonio Street and Guadalupe Street. Jermiah Jayden Tobias, 19, was taken into custody just after 8 p.m. the same day. Tobias is facing two counts of Capital Murder and one count of Aggravated Assault, according to information provided by the San Marcos Police Department. At a press conference, San Marcos Police Chief Stan Standridge said that they are still looking for a suspect, Avery Saul Bowman Jr., who will also be charged with Capital Murder.
The shooting followed a fight that began between two men who knew each other. Standridge said a third man, Avery Saul Bowman Jr., joined the fight after stealing a necklace from one of the initial individuals in the fight.
“Victim Anthony Barrera was dating a known woman who was still married. The woman's husband came to the bar and confronted him. This continued outside and onto the sidewalk near the intersection of East San Antonio and Guadalupe streets. Multiple people used their cell phones to record a fist fight that began between victim Anthony Barrera and the husband, who is not charged with a crime and will not be publicly identified at this time,” Standridge said. “During this time and for reasons that must still be investigated, a third person punched victim Anthony Barrera several times in the face. Barrera and the husband continued to fight. However, a fourth person then comes up and rips a necklace off of victim Anthony Barrera. The victim realized this happened and stopped fighting the husband and began fighting this fourth person. We have identified this fourth person and have obtained a Capital Murder warrant for his arrest.”
