The San Antonio Police Department on Saturday released body-worn camera footage showing one of its officers shooting a man inside a Northwest Side storage facility during a burglary in progress call.

Officer Aaron Herrera shot Richard Alan Asbell, 58, after Asbell fired shots toward officers from inside the unit and walked to the front of it still pointing a revolver, footage shows.

Asbell survived the shooting and was hospitalized. He has since been booked into the Bexar County Jail on four charges of aggravated assault of a peace officer, records show.

The footage begins as officers opened the storage locker, just after 10 p.m. on Oct. 17 in the 8700 block of Fredericksburg Road, to find Asbell pointing a revolver at officers.

Officers said “drop the gun” multiple times as they backe

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