3 San Marcos officers shot; 1 dies of injuries

One San Marcos Police Officer was killed and two wounded on Saturday, April 18 while responding to a domestic disturbance call on Hunter Road in San Marcos.

Police Chief Bob Klett said in a Sunday morning press conference that Officer Justin R Putnam, a five-year veteran of the force, was killed by a suspect later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Wounded were Officers Franco Stewart and Justin P. Mueller. Both underwent surgery at Ascension Seton in Kyle and were, Klett said, in “critical but stable condition.”