Portrait shared in memory of Leontrey Alex Thomas

In loving memory of

Leontrey Alex Thomas

April 5, 2024

Leontrey Alex Thomas—a 25‑year‑old from San Antonio—was known to family and friends as a young man whose life was rooted in his community and everyday connections.

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Remembering Leontrey

A life held close in memory

Leontrey Alex Thomas was a 25‑year‑old San Antonio resident whose life was lived close to family, friends and the neighborhoods of the city he called home. Public records and local reporting identify him by name and age; beyond those facts, the public record preserves only limited details about his personal life.

What the available sources do confirm is that Leontrey belonged to a community on the Northeast Side of San Antonio. He was a young adult with the years and possibilities ahead of him that come with that stage of life. Those who knew him best—his family, friends and neighbors—would hold the fuller memory of his voice, habits, and the small gifts he gave to everyday life: the ways he spent time with people who mattered to him, the routines of home and neighborhood, and the relationships that made him who he was.

Although news coverage focused on the circumstances of his death, that is only one part of the public record. It does not define the whole of Leontrey’s life. He was a person whose presence mattered to others, and whose absence is felt by those who loved him. For anyone wanting to honor him, offering condolences to his family, sharing a memory, or contributing to community efforts that remember lives lost to violence are meaningful ways to keep his name and humanity present.

If you have personal memories, photographs, or messages for Leontrey’s family, consider sharing them through local memorial pages or with organizations supporting victims’ families. The public sources documenting his death also continue to ask the community for any information that might assist investigators—information that some hope will bring clarity to his loved ones. Above all, Leontrey should be remembered first for the people and places that mattered to him rather than the manner of his passing.

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Leontrey is remembered with heartfelt sympathy. He deserved to be known for a life that mattered, and may his memory continue to be held with love.

Jordan I.