Raul Herrera

Raul Herrera was a 29-year-old member of San Antonio’s South Side community whose life touched neighbors and those who knew him in everyday ways. Public records and contemporaneous news reports identify him as the man who was found fatally shot on July 17, 2015, in the 900 block of West Formosa Street. While the public record focuses on the violent circumstances of his death, the details available also point to a young life lived in and around his neighborhood.

Neighbors who responded to the scene and local reporting describe a man walking in his community on an ordinary afternoon. That ordinary day — a reminder that most people spend their lives in the small routines of family, work, and neighborhood — became a moment of tragedy for Raul’s family and friends. He was 29 at the time of his death, an age when many people are building toward future plans and deepening ties with family and community.

There is little in the public domain about Raul’s private interests, employment, or family beyond the reporting of the incident, and no family-published obituary or funeral-home notice matching his name and the exact date of death was located during this research. Out of respect for Raul and his loved ones, this remembrance emphasizes his place in his neighborhood and recognizes the loss experienced by those who knew him. He was a real person whose life mattered to family, friends, and neighbors; that worth remains even when public records offer only limited details.

If family members or close friends wish to provide additional memories, photos, or corrections, those remembrances would help to expand this page into a fuller portrait of Raul’s life — the personal stories, relationships, and small moments that truly define a life. Until then, this page holds in quiet memory a man from San Antonio’s South Side who is remembered beyond the headlines as someone whose life was part of a community.