SAN ANTONIO – Parents of students at Brewer Academy in the San Antonio Independent School District staged a protest more than two weeks after the fatal shooting of Simon Cuevas III near campus.
A student walkout was also planned for Thursday.
Parents outside the school told KSAT that the school threatened students with disciplinary action if they walked out. Cuevas’ mother, Alejandra, is also in attendance at the protest.
Alejandra Cuevas asked students not to seek revenge, as no one has been arrested in the case.
“I don’t them to go out and try to seek justice on their own because we don’t want to have another child to get in trouble or hurt. I don’t want another parent to be going through what I’m going through,” she said.
Parents confronted SAISD police outside the school about the lack of safety.
Simon Cuevas was killed after school dismissal on April 16 near the intersection of Merida Street and South Elmendorf Street.
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San Antonio and SAISD police said he was involved in a fight with other teens when the shooting happened.
Surveillance videos obtained by KSAT from a nearby shop show several students walking away from Brewer Academy just before the shooting.
At one point, one student runs away from the group and toward the school, then comes back into the frame, heading back toward the group of students.
Police have not said if anyone has been charged in the case.
In a letter to parents and guardians on Wednesday addressing the planned student walkout, Acting Principal David Velasquez said the district “values and supports student expression; however, at the same time, student safety is a top priority.”
Velasquez said the planned walkout is not a school-sanctioned event.
“We prefer that students stay on campus, and that they find other ways to honor Simon’s memory,” he said. He asked parents and guardians to speak with their children and encourage them to stay on campus.
SAISD released the following statement in response to the planned walkout:
As with any walkout off campus, there may be consequences following our student code of conduct for truancy. We have the responsibility to let our students and their families know of these potential consequences as they make their choices.
In an interview with KSAT, Alejandra Cuevas said her son “had a really good heart” and was nice, respectful and helpful.
Watch her interview in the video player below.
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