Six days have passed, but one man said he can still hear what happened outside a hotel off U.S. Highway 90 and West Military Drive last Wednesday as if it were yesterday.

“I heard 17 to 20 shots, and that’s when I knew that’s it,” he said. “It was over.”

The man asked KSAT not to show his face or share his name for safety reasons. However, he said he was there when Odon Paul Bustos, 36, shot at officers, and then died after those officers fired back.

KSAT is sharing the man’s perspective because it gives us insight into what happened leading up to the shooting.

The shooting happened just after 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 outside a motel in the 6800 block of U.S. Highway 90 westbound near West Military Drive.

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