For the first time since being found not guilty in the 2023 shooting death of Melissa Perez, two of the three former San Antonio police officers spoke publicly about the verdict and the toll the case took on them and their families.

The jury on Monday found former officers Nathaniel Villalobos, Alfred Flores and Eleazar Alejandro not guilty on all charges stemming from the fatal shooting at Perez’s Southwest Side apartment.

Flores and Villalobos spoke with KSAT on Thursday and described the verdict as a moment of relief and clarity after nearly two and a half years of uncertainty.

“For me… I had that sense of relief,” Flores said. “But the most important thing for me was these other two officers… to make sure they were going to be good. So I really did get to experience that relief… aft

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