Dashcam footage shows a Refugio man driving away from state law enforcement and crashing through a gate at the San Antonio International Airport.
Brandon Christopher Figueroa, 25, was the target of a Texas Department of Public Safety traffic stop near Loop 410 and Babcock Road on Aug. 22.
The early-morning encounter turned into a vehicle pursuit that took troopers through various parts of the city before Figueroa crashed.
Footage released by DPS shows Figueroa driving a 2012 Chrysler through a large gate off Jones Maltsberger Road and into the airport runway. The collision disabled the vehicle.
Video shows Figueroa exiting the vehicle with troopers pointing weapons at him as they asked him to surrender.
Figueroa was arrested on the airport runway, and records show he was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center later that day.
Bexar County court records state Figueroa faces multiple third-degree felonies related to the vehicle pursuit:
Figueroa was also charged with criminal trespassing with a deadly weapon, a Class A misdemeanor. He remains jailed on a $59,500 bond.
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