An 18-year-old man was injured in a shooting on the beach in Port Aransas on the evening of Saturday, July 4, police said.<\/p>\n
Following is the full text of a news release issued by the Port Aransas Police Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt approximately 11:25 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, officers with the Port Aransas Police Department responded to reports of a shooting on the beach between Beach Markers 32 and 34. Officers were assisted at the scene by wardens from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and troopers from the Texas Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe preliminary investigation indicates the shooting occurred during a large beach gathering following an altercation between the victim and the suspect. An 18-year-old male sustained a single gunshot wound to the leg.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe victim was treated at the scene by emergency personnel and transported to a local hospital for medical treatment. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Port Aransas Police Department is actively investigating this incident. Detectives continue to process evidence, interview witnesses, and work to identify all individuals involved. This remains a very active and ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdditional information will be released if and when it becomes available and can be shared without compromising the investigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who witnessed the incident or has photographs, videos, or other information related to the shooting is encouraged to contact the Port Aransas Police Department at (361) 749-6241.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An 18-year-old man was injured in a shooting on the beach in Port Aransas on the evening of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-361844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361844","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=361844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}