SAN ANTONIO – A woman was killed, and a man was hospitalized in grave condition after what investigators believe was a domestic violence-related murder-suicide in Bexar County, Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
Around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, deputies were called to a reported shooting in progress near the corner of Overview Place and Brucks Drive.
Salazar said deputies were called to a home for a reported double shooting. He said a homeowner, described as the father of the man believed to be involved, called authorities after coming home and finding two people shot inside the residence.
The victims were described as a young man and a young woman, both about 22 years old. Salazar said the man is believed to be the homeowner’s son and lives at the residence. The woman was visiting and was “most likely a woman that’s in a relationship with the young son,” Salazar said.
“It appears at this point,” Salazar said, “that the young man may have shot the young lady and then possibly shot himself.”
Salazar said the woman “was pronounced here at the scene by EMS.” The man “was transported to the hospital in grave condition,” he said, adding he was waiting for an update.
The medical examiner will make the final determination on the cause and manner of death, Salazar said.
Investigators did not immediately find a domestic violence-related history at the home, Salazar said. He said the only prior issues they could locate were “civil type issues with the constable’s office, the civil process type things.”
Salazar said the woman was visiting “from out of town,” adding that she was “from Texas originally, but I think she’s at college out of state and visiting from out of state,” though he said he was not “100% sure.”
Salazar said the father told investigators he received a call earlier in the day from “either one or both of them” asking him to come home.
Salazar said that if the case is confirmed as investigators currently believe, it would be the sheriff’s office’s 21st homicide of the year. “We have already surpassed all of last year’s numbers, and we’re still in October,” he said. He added it could be the 10th domestic violence-related homicide and possibly the seventh murder-suicide of the year, if confirmed.
Salazar urged people to seek help and leave situations that appear to be escalating toward violence, saying domestic violence often increases “not just in severity but in frequency” and “many times it doesn’t stop until somebody’s dead.”
This is a developing story. We’ll update this article as we learn more.