A man was found dead Friday afternoon inside a South Side home with an apparent gunshot wound to the back of his head, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
Officers responded to a call that someone may have been shot at 1:30 p.m. in the 8900 block of Prairie Hill Street, near Palo Alto Park. There, they found a pool of blood, according to a preliminary police report. After conducting a sweep of the area, police found a man who had been fatally shot.
A neighbor had called 911 to report that someone inside the home may have been shot, KSAT-TV reported.
The man appeared to be in his 30s, a spokesperson with the San Antonio Fire Department told the station. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
An SAPD officer at the scene told KSAT that no weapon was found inside the home and that there did not appear to be other victims.
San Antonio police are investigating the case as a homicide. Authorities haven’t released the name of the victim or any information about potential suspects.