A Texas police officer has been arrested in Mexico after authorities accused him of killing three people and critically injuring the mother of his child. Investigators state the incident stemmed from a dispute over the custody of a minor.
Chad Eberle, 35, was arrested on Wednesday at the border on a warrant accusing him of femicide and qualified homicide, according to the Coahuila attorney general’s office. The deadly shooting reportedly occurred in July in Saltillo, Mexico, following an argument over Eberle allegedly not having permission to take his three-year-old son.
Two women, Ana Laura, 44, and Laura Jaquelín, 22, and one man, Emanuel, 44, were killed in the attack. The child’s 26-year-old mother was shot in the head and remains in critical condition, officials said. Eberle was intercepted while attempting to cross from Mexico into Texas with his son, who was unharmed and is now in the care of Coahuila’s child welfare agency.
The San Antonio Express identified Eberle as a police officer in Santa Anna, Texas. Santa Anna city officials stated that Eberle was an unpaid reserve police officer, hired in November 2025, who worked one weekend per month and was on a personal leave of absence until December.