{"id":318865,"date":"2026-06-02T08:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/318865\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:03:16","slug":"teen-couple-accused-of-using-dating-apps-as-bait-before-victim-was-shot-4-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/318865\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen couple accused of using dating apps as bait before victim was shot 4 times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Two Texas teenagers are accused of using online dating platforms to lure young men<\/a> into violent robberies that left one victim pistol-whipped and a 15-year-old boy shot four times, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Alyssa Canul, 17, was arrested on May 27 in Universal City, near San Antonio<\/a>, and charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, according to Universal City officials and Bexar County arrest records.<\/p>\n

Authorities say she worked alongside her boyfriend, Joseph Anthony Aguilar, 18, who was arrested a day earlier on May 26 during a SWAT operation. Aguilar is facing multiple felony charges.<\/p>\n

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Joseph Anthony Aguilar, 18, was arrested on May 26 during a multi-agency SWAT operation. (City of Universal City via Facebook)<\/p>\n

Police allege the pair targeted young men through dating apps, convincing them to meet in person before robbing and assaulting them.<\/p>\n

“The pair recently moved to Universal City and are accused of luring young men on online dating<\/a> sites then, robbing and assaulting them,” the city said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In one case, a victim was allegedly robbed and pistol-whipped.<\/p>\n

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In one case, a victim was allegedly robbed and pistol-whipped. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

In another, a 15-year-old boy was lured to a meeting spot and shot four times. The teen survived and is recovering from his injuries, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The suspects were living at Universal City’s Villa Mesa Apartments at the time of the alleged attacks, according to police.<\/p>\n

Aguilar was taken into custody during a SWAT operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Investigators at the time said a female accomplice remained at large until authorities later identified and arrested Canul<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Police allege the pair targeted young men through dating apps, convincing them to meet in person before robbing and assaulting them. (iStock)<\/p>\n

Universal City Police Chief Johnny Siemens praised the swift response by officers and partner agencies.<\/p>\n

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“When something like this happens, there is always concern in the community,” Siemens said. “In this case, all officers involved moved quickly.”<\/p>\n

Universal City Police could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment.<\/p>\n

Sophia Compton is a Writer at Fox News Digital. Sophia was previously a business reporter covering finance, energy and tourism and has experience as a TV news producer. She graduated with a journalism degree in 2021 from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Story tips can be sent to sophia.compton@fox.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two Texas teenagers are accused of using online dating platforms…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[132,294,32,46022,27,29,28,393],"class_list":["post-318865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-austin","tag-crime","tag-police-and-law-enforcement","tag-robbery-theft","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318865","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=318865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}