Texas nursing student found dead in his car after crash had gunshot wound to head
A Texas medical examiner has ruled the death a homicide
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A nursing student in Selma, Texas, was found dead in his car with a gunshot wound to his head after crashing it April 15.
Twenty-two-year-old Joseph Banales, a nursing and ROTC student at the University of the Incarnate Wold in San Antonio, was involved in a single-vehicle crash and died from a gunshot wound to the head, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office told the San Antonio Express-News.
The medical examiner's office determined his death to be a homicide, the San Antonio Express-News said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Selma police were sent to investigate a single-vehicle crash around 11:45 p.m. on Interstate 35 North and found Banales in the driver's seat unresponsive.
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Police pronounced Banales dead with injuries to the back of his head. Witnesses told police the car Banales was driving at the time was "swerving and almost striking another vehicle."
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His car struck the inside median and stopped, police said.
Banales was on his way home after dropping his girlfriend off after attending a military ball, KSAT-TV reported.
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An investigation is ongpoing.