Three Get Life Terms For 2005 Shootout After CU Heist

SAN ANTONIO – Two brothers and an accomplice in the 2005 armed robbery at San Antonio FCU and the shoot-out with police that followed were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison. The three, Michael Hurtado, 24, and Liborio Hurtado, 26, and Armando Contreras, 26, pleaded guilty to attempted capital murder in connection with the three-county, high-speed chase that culminated in a shoot-out with police. The incident began when the three, wearing ski masks, bulletproof vests and carrying semi-automatic weapons, walked into the credit union on Dec. 22, 2005, made off with cash, then fled in a vehicle, they set aside and set on fire, before stealing another pickup truck. The three fired on police while leading them on a high-speed chase, hitting numerous vehicles, before crashing the pickup. Police found four semi-automatic handguns, a shotgun, and two SKS assault rifles in the pickup.