EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is requesting information from the Bexar County district attorney in Texas about why he let out on bail a "career criminal" who is thought to have shot at San Antonio police officers.

Jesse Garcia Jr., who has a criminal record dating back to 2015, was let out on bond for multiple alleged crimes, including burglary of a vehicle, evading arrest in a vehicle, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. His bail bondsman lost contact with him, and San Antonio police attempted to arrest him on Aug. 24. Garcia is now being held without bond after his arrest for allegedly shooting at the officers, two of whom were hospitalized after sustaining gunshot wounds, one to the face and one to the body.

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Garcia had been arrested and let out of jail twice in the past year, according to reports.

Roy is now questioning Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzalez, a Democrat, about why he allowed a felon such as Garcia to post bond and go back on the streets.

“This tragedy is neither acceptable nor unforeseeable, and is a direct consequence of lax bail policies that threaten the safety of Bexar County residents and our law enforcement officers,” Roy said in a Thursday letter. “Indeed, just yesterday, two SAPD officers were hospitalized with gunshot wounds sustained from suspects with reported criminal histories.”

Roy is asking the district attorney to answer what his office's policy is on allowing prosecutors to object to low bond amounts, what his office is doing to ensure violent criminals do not benefit from lax bond policies, and if his office has collaborated with the county criminal judges to ensure safety risk is considered as a factor when deciding bond.

In the letter, Roy told Gonzalez that before he will “consider any future federal grants or other requests for federal resources” to his office, Gonzalez should respond to his questions.

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“It should be your top priority as District Attorney to direct your prosecutors to push for appropriate bonds, or recommend no bail at all, for public safety risks like Garcia,” Roy wrote. “Moreover, these instances of jailbreak needlessly put the brave men and women of law enforcement in harm’s way, which diminishes the trust of the entire community in the safety of San Antonio and Bexar County.”

Democratic district attorneys with more lenient bail policies have been the target of Republicans over the past few years. Most notably, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) suspended two district attorneys in Florida who he claimed were not properly doing their job and were focused on criminal justice reform at the expense of public safety.