SAN ANTONIO – Police are searching for two suspects after a late-teen boy was shot during a fight at an intersection on the city’s East Side, according to an officer at the scene.
Around 8:40 p.m. on Monday, first responders were called to the scene of a reported shooting in progress near the corner of Royston Avenue and Marian Street.
San Antonio Police Sgt. Daniel Contreras said officers “got a call for a shooting” and found the victim, described as a Hispanic male in his late teens. Contreras said the incident began as a fight involving two suspects, also described as Hispanic males in their late teens.
“It started as a fight, and you know they they came to here to this intersection at Royston and Marion, and they were fighting,” Contreras said. “At some point, one of the suspects took out a weapon, and the victim was shot one time.”
Contreras said the victim ran from the intersection toward a nearby park after the shooting. “I forget the name of the park,” he said. Other people then called police and EMS, he said.
The victim was taken to University Hospital in stable condition, Contreras said.
Police had not located the suspects as of the time of the statement. “We have not been able to find them,” Contreras said, adding that officers did not have information about a vehicle and were told the suspects ran from the area. Contreras said police used “our raven and the canine” to search but had not found anyone “right now at this time.”
Contreras said officers were talking with nearby residents to see if anyone saw or heard anything. He also said the shooting happened “right at the corner.”
Contreras said the victim was with a relative, who provided officers with general information that it was a fight followed by a shooting.