Darian Alexandre Rangel, 17, was found dead with gunshot wounds
Darian Rangel (Texas Department of Public Safety)
SAN ANTONIO – A missing teenager, previously subject of a discontinued AMBER Alert, was found dead last week on the North Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
SAPD said Darian Alexandre Rangel, 17, was found dead Friday around 7:50 p.m. with gunshot wounds in a field of grass near Wurzbach Parkway and Vista Del Norte.
Rangel’s death is connected with the decomposed body found with gunshot wounds on Saturday, according to SAPD.
Rangel’s AMBER Alert was discontinued Sunday by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
On Monday, Rangel’s death was ruled a homicide by a medical examiner. His death is being investigated as a murder, a SAPD preliminary report said.
DPS issued a alert on Sept. 10 to locate Rangel who was last seen on the West Side Sept. 7.
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