A "beloved" instructor only some years out of faculty was discovered shot to demise simply exterior his dwelling on Thursday.
Michael Echaniz, 23, was discovered useless within the car parking zone of his San Antonio residence advanced final week. Police responded to the scene simply earlier than 8 a.m. March 10, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus informed native station KSAT, and located the person riddled with gunshot wounds.
Echaniz labored as an apprentice 4th and fifth grade instructor on the Nice Hearts Forest Heights faculty in San Antonio and graduated from Christendom Faculty, a Catholic college in Virginia, in 2020, the identical faculty his dad and mom attended. His demise was confirmed to college students and fogeys in an electronic mail from Nice Hearts, which referred to him as a "expert instructor and beneficiant soul."
Christendom Faculty posted a message on social media in his remembrance.
"We're shocked and deeply saddened to have misplaced a beloved member of our college neighborhood," the Nice Hearts Forest Heights assertion learn. "In his two years with us, Michael Echaniz faithfully served our college students out and in of the classroom. He was a talented instructor and beneficiant soul who poured his time, expertise, and power into our neighborhood.
"Our ideas and prayers are together with his household, pals, and college students. Counselors can be found on campus to help college students and workers as we course of this information. Police are persevering with to analyze and any further questions must be directed to SAPD. He will likely be deeply missed."
Witnesses to Echaniz's demise informed police that they noticed a person in a blue hoodie fleeing the scene within the aftermath of the capturing. Police assume Echaniz was making an attempt to get to his automotive however died earlier than he acquired inside, in line with KSAT. No different details about the suspect has been launched by authorities presently.
Newsweek reached out to the San Antonio Police Division for remark or replace on this story however didn't hear again earlier than publishing.
Christendom Faculty additionally launched an announcement on Echaniz's passing and introduced that it will be holding a Holy Hour and Mass in his reminiscence.
"Whereas a pupil, he was identified for his candy nature and deep devotion as a pal," the faculty's assertion reads. "Within the classroom, he discovered a love for instructing, significantly in his political science and economics courses from professor Dr. Joseph Brutto. Brutto helped him discern a vocation to instructing, which he then pursued post-graduation... Echaniz will likely be deeply missed by your complete Christendom neighborhood and all are inspired to wish for his soul and for his household presently."
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