Otis Tyrone McKane, 31, is believed to be the suspect who shot Detective Benjamin Marconi, 50, through the passenger side of his patrol car Sunday, mySA reported.
He was arrested after a SWAT team pulled him over on Interstate 10 East near Ackerman Road, East Bexar County, at around 4.20pm. A woman and a child were also in the vehicle.
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He was arrested without incident.
McKane was jailed for 60 days in 2012 after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of assault with bodily injury of a family member.
Detective Benjamin Marconi, a 20-year department veteran and father of two, was sitting behind the wheel of his vehicle at around 11.45am Sunday when a man pulled up behind him, shot him twice in the head, and fled.
Police had earlier released a photo and video of a suspect entering the police station around four hours before the shooting, and promised $10,000 reward for info.
It’s believed that McKane was that same man.
We did not find any social media that belonged to McKane and there has not been a motive announced yet by investigators.