Fernando Hernandez

Fernando Hernandez Jr. was a 37-year-old member of the San Antonio community whose life mattered to family, friends, and neighbors. Public records and local reporting confirm that Fernando was living on the city’s West Side at the time he was found wounded and later died on December 16, 2017; beyond that factual outline, the public record offers only limited personal details.

Because available sources do not include a family-published obituary or extended memorial, what is clear from reporting is that Fernando was a real person with ties to a particular place and time in San Antonio. He was identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner following the events of mid-December 2017, and local news coverage reports he was 37 years old. The absence of a family notice in the usual obituary outlets means there is little publicly available, verified information about his work, hobbies, or the family roles that most fully define a life.

While those specific, everyday details are not present in accessible public records, it is still important to honor Fernando as more than a single line in a report. He lived, moved, and mattered in his neighborhood; he had relationships and a life that were significant to people who knew him. For a memorial page, the most respectful approach is to acknowledge the limits of the public record, preserve the dignity of his name, and leave space for family or friends to add memories, photographs, and personal reflections that speak to who Fernando was in fuller terms.

If relatives or close friends wish to contribute remembrances, funeral service information, or an authorized obituary, adding those family-supplied details will help transform this brief public record into a fuller celebration of Fernando Hernandez Jr.’s life and the relationships he left behind.