DPS: Suspected Del Rio Meth Head Booked into TGCJ After Fiery Crash

A red pickup was chased by Texas DPS and possibly the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office, headed southbound on U.S. 87. As the chase entered the city limits, San Angelo police were alerted to assist at about the Humble Rd. intersection. The chase happened just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday night.

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We were able to gather the following information from the scene and from radio traffic. We have no official statements from law enforcement.

As San Angelo police rolled in, the chase continued south on Bryant, from Humble Rd., under the Houston Harte Expy. underpass, then east on W. Concho Ave. The chase ended in a fiery crash on the bridge crossing the Concho River in the 300 block of Rio Concho Dr.

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When it hit the bridge railings, the truck burst into flames. Initially, police thought the driver or a passenger was ejected. But soon thereafter, they determined that the occupants of the truck fled on foot. An unknown number of suspects were caught with the help of an SAPD K-9 unit and witnesses. One was caught climbing out of the Concho River.

The chase was a DPS or Sheriff’s Office case. We will report more when official information becomes available.

Update 12:29 p.m., April 18

Trooper Justin Baker, public information officer for DPS, said at approximately 11:24 p.m. last night, San Angelo Troopers initiated a traffic stop on a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado for a defective stop lamp on Side View Road. As the trooper approached the vehicle, he observed the right side passenger, Arturo Mascorro, 27, of San Angelo, exit the vehicle.

At that point, the pickup fled the scene as soon as the passenger shut the door, Baker said.

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"Tom Green Sheriff Deputies immediately followed the fleeing vehicle," Baker said. "Shortly after, the pickup truck crashed near Rio Concho Drive and the driver fled on foot."

Baker added that, with the assistance of San Angelo Police, the driver was located near Bosque Park. The subject was identified as Albert Munoz-Gil Jr., 27, of Del Rio.

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"During the investigation, it was discovered Munoz-Gil was in possession of 40 grams of methamphetamine and currently a fugitive out of Val Verde County for fleeing police officers," Baker stated.  "Munoz-Gil was placed under arrest and booked into Tom Green County Jail."

Munoz-Gil was charged with evading in a motor vehicle with previous conviction, manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance PG1 =>4grams<200grams, and being a fugitive from justice. Mascorro was released with no charges.