Officers killed hostage in San Antonio-area standoff

A Texas Department of Public Safety report says the agency’s SWAT officers killed an 84-year-old woman after mistaking her for her son, who engaged authorities in a standoff last month at their San Antonio-area home.

Amelia Huron-Macias was shot March 7. Her son, Fernando Macias, shot at officials several times during the daylong standoff and faces three counts of attempted capital murder of a police officer. The report filed with the Texas Attorney General’s office says DPS officers were relieving a Bexar County SWAT team when the gunman fired.

The report says DPS officers, who’d noted the suspect was wearing a red shirt, returned fire. Officials later learned both mother and son were wearing red shirts.

The standoff started after officials tried to serve Macias with a mental health warrant.