By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-11 08:22:26 | Updated at 2026-08-11 09:54:07
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Two brothers were gunned down by their 'ticking time bomb' neighbor in an unprovoked attack as they backed into their driveway, police said.
Maliki Perales, 11, and Drayvn Quiroz, 20, were fatally shot outside their San Antonio, Texas, home on August 4.
Officials said Daniel Antonio Perez, 40, ran across the street as they were moving a car into their driveway and opened fire without provocation.
Perez then allegedly fired at the brothers' two other siblings but missed, Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
The brothers' father desperately tried in vain to perform CPR on his sons, but Perales was pronounced dead at 8.49pm after suffering gunshot wounds to the head and torso, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office.
Quiroz died the following morning shortly after 9am.
Authorities said Perez fled the scene while calling 911 to report that he had shot his neighbors.
He later hid in a backyard and discarded a handgun that was eventually recovered, investigators said.
Maliki Perales, 11, was gunned down by his neighbor whilst his brother was backing their car into the driveway of their San Antonio home
Drayvn Quiroz, 20, was also shot and was pronounced dead the day after the shooting. His younger brother died the several hours before him that day the tragedy occurred
Daniel Antonio Perez, 40, allegedly approached the brothers and shot them. Officials said the shooting was unprovoked and may have been experiencing a mental health crisis
'It’s an extremely unfortunate situation for the family that just simply fell victim to this guy. Unbeknownst to them, they had what I would believe and categorize as a ticking time bomb right across the street from them,' Salazar said.
The sheriff announced that Perez's charges would be upgraded to include two counts of capital murder, along with several other charges.
Investigators said there was no known history between the neighbors and nothing that appeared to have provoked the attack.
Officials said Perez may have been experiencing a mental health crisis, though Salazar disputed suggestions that it absolved him of responsibility.
'He still had the presence of mind and the culpable mental state to go conceal the weapon somewhere, and then go conceal himself somewhere else,' the sheriff said.
'The only reason we found him is because we were able to utilize his cell phone signal to ping where he was.'
Salazar added that family members later described possible warning signs of mental illness.
'What we're hearing since then from family members is that there had been some signs,' he said.
The local sheriff described the brothers' neighbor as a 'ticking time bomb'
Perez pictured being escorted by deputies at the Bexar Adult Detention Center)
The victims' father, Andrew Perales, mourned his son and said: ' I raised them right. They had good morals. They had good values'
'There had been some issues with him going through mental health crises before depression, possibly seeing things that were not there. That was never reported to authorities.'
The tragedy has left the victims' father, Andrew Perales, in shambles as he questioned how he would move on without his boys in an interview outside their home with News4SA.
'I don't even know how I'm gonna bury him,' Perales said. 'I don't know how I want to carry on. I don't know what I'm gonna do.'
He added that moments before his sons were shot, he was on the phone ordering them food when he heard 'pops.'
His wife began screaming. He ran to grab his gun and headed outside before tripping over the body of one of his sons.
'The guy was across the street reloading, started to shoot again,' Perales said.
He added that he had also tried to perform CPR on one of his boys.
A GoFundMe has been set up to support the family of the victims as they face such a devastating tragedy.
Perales described his sons to the outlet: 'My boys were strong. They were fighters. I raised them right. They had good morals. They had good values.'
The father was asked what he would say to his sons' alleged killer.
He said he had no comment before adding: 'The devil knows my intentions, but God knows my heart.'
In addition to Perez's upgraded charges, he faces four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and is being held on $2.3 million bond.
