Nigerian-American man shares his experience after mistaken identity arrest
After being mistakenly arrested by the San Antonio police, Mathias Ometu, a 33-year-old Nigerian-born American, spoke out about the incident. The USAA employee was taken into custody on August 25 on suspicion of being involved in a family violence case, despite discrepancies between his physical appearance and the suspect’s description, as seen in body camera footage released on September 1. Ometu recounted the incident, revealing that he was jogging near Interstate 10 and Woodstone Drive in San Antonio, Texas when a police car approached him and turned back towards him.
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