Man dead from single gun shot


Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward reported that Atascosa County Sheriff’s Investigators are investigating an alleged murder which occurred Friday night shortly after 10 p.m. on Bluefield Dr., four miles east of Pleasanton.

According to Sheriff Soward, ACSO 9-1-1 Dispatchers received a call at 10:13 p.m. from a woman who told dispatchers that she had just shot her husband in the face following a verbal argument. Sheriff Soward said that Sheriff’s deputies quickly responded to the scene and found 52-year-old John David Quinoñez dead of an apparent single gunshot wound. The victim’s wife was arrested and transported to the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office where she was interviewed by investigators.

Cathi Rae Quinoñez was charged with Murder. Her bond was set at $100,000 by Justice of the Peace Jackie Bodden. She remains in jail of lieu of bond.

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