{"id":241913,"date":"2026-04-09T12:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/241913\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:03:08","slug":"convenience-store-employee-stabs-customer-after-struggle-over-beer-police-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/241913\/","title":{"rendered":"Convenience store employee stabs customer after struggle over beer, police said"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/vH3RpXLPqts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WATCH IT LIVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; An employee at a South Side convenience store allegedly stabbed a customer in self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened just after 5:30 a.m. Thursday at the Circle K off Commercial Avenue and Southwest Military Drive. <\/p>\n<p>Police said two men entered the store, and one took a beer despite being told alcohol sales weren\u2019t allowed at this time. A struggle ensued, with the suspect punching the employee multiple times in the face.<\/p>\n<p>The employee, saying he was acting in self-defense, stabbed the suspect in the stomach. Emergency responders arrived, and the suspect was transported with non-life-threatening injuries. Police confirmed the stab wound was on the left side of the stomach, and the suspect received treatment at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are reviewing surveillance video and have not yet filed charges. \u201cMore likely it\u2019s going to be ruled self-defense,\u201d a police spokesperson said. Investigators are waiting for further input from homicide and assault units, but no charges have been confirmed against the employee at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The Valero is temporarily closed as officers process the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WATCH IT LIVE SAN ANTONIO &#8211; An employee at a South Side convenience store allegedly stabbed a customer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-241913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}