By Emilie Eaton
San Antonio Express-News
SAN ANTONIO — The man who shot two San Antonio police officers, killing one and critically wounding the other, had a tombstone tattooed on his left wrist that read “RIP COPS,” according to an autopsy released Wednesday by the Bexar County medical examiner’s office.
The autopsy also found that Andrew C. Bice, 34, had several opiates in his body, including codeine, morphine, and 6-monoacetylmorphine, one of three active ingredients of heroin.
The “RIP COPS” tattoo, which the San Antonio Express-News also obtained a photo of, sheds new light on Bice’s mind-set on June 29.
Police said then that Bice fired at officers Miguel Moreno and Julio Cavazos before running from the scene and killing himself. The two officers, who were on patrol to focus on car burglary prevention, had approached Bice and another man, walking near Tobin Lofts, to check their identification.
The medical examiner’s office also released Moreno’s autopsy Wednesday. It found that Moreno died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head. He also had a gunshot wound on his left hand. Moreno, 32, an officer for nine years, died June 30. Cavazos, 36, was wounded in the chin and recovered.
Bice, who had an extensive criminal record in Louisiana and Texas, had several tattoos on his body, including a cross, a Chevrolet symbol, snakes, flowers and two that read “Only God can judge me” and “F... wit me,” with the obscenity spelled out.
He also had one tattoo with a clock and prison bars. In some gangs or criminal organizations, a clock tattoo represents “doing time,” according to a report about U.S. gangs by the Canada Border Services Agency.
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Bice also had tattoos that read “MOB,” possibly an acronym for “Money over bitches,” and “MPR,” which can stand for “Money, Power, Respect” or “Marijuana, Pot, Reefer.” The report also notes that tattoos used by criminal organizations can have several different interpretations.
The autopsy, which the San Antonio Express-News obtained through an open records request, concluded that Bice died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He also had a gunshot wound in the left upper buttocks, which likely was a result of return fire from Moreno or Cavazos, the report concluded.
Moreno’s organs were donated, including his heart, both lungs, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys to various recipients, according to the report.
“We as citizens have a huge debt for his sacrifice,” Pastor Manuel Ortiz said during Moreno’s funeral service in July. “He gave the gift of life to so many. Miguel Moreno III will continue to live on.”
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