{"id":406751,"date":"2026-08-14T20:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T20:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406751\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T20:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T20:22:08","slug":"man-pronounced-dead-days-after-he-was-found-with-gunshot-wound-to-head-at-west-side-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406751\/","title":{"rendered":"Man pronounced dead days after he was found with gunshot wound to head at West Side home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nathaniel Ramirez, 24, was pronounced dead at approximately 2:30 p.m. Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>Police investigate a shooting at a West Side home on the evening of Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The Bexar County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office confirmed a man died after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/08\/09\/man-found-with-gunshot-wound-to-head-inside-west-side-home-police-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/08\/09\/man-found-with-gunshot-wound-to-head-inside-west-side-home-police-say\/\">found with a gunshot wound to his head<\/a> inside a home on the West Side. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Nathaniel Ramirez, 24, was pronounced dead at approximately 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, records show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The medical examiner\u2019s office said Ramirez\u2019s manner of death remains under investigation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAPD said its officers found Ramirez inside a locked bedroom after responding to the shooting at approximately 7:15 p.m. Aug. 8 in the 1500 block of NW 26th Street. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Officers at the scene told KSAT that no weapon was recovered at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">At this time, it is unclear who might have been involved or if it was self-inflicted, police said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">As of Friday, a SAPD spokesperson said no arrests have been made in connection with the shooting. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The department said its investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Read also:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorsRicardo Moreno headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/RM9E21NBTKE367198ZO9184KSA\/\" title=\"View Ricardo Moreno&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ricardo Moreno<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Ricardo Moreno Jr. is a photojournalist at KSAT.<\/p>\n<p>Ricardo, a San Antonio native, isn&#8217;t just a journalist, he&#8217;s also a screenwriter and filmmaker, bringing a unique perspective to the news. <\/p>\n<p>When Ricardo isn&#8217;t reporting, you might find him working on his fitness or spending time with his family and his Chow Chow.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Riley Dutcher headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/CRH294591CBPTN3KLABQTS231T\/\" title=\"View Christian Riley Dutcher&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Riley Dutcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Christian Riley joined KSAT 12 in June 2025. He returned to the Lone Star State after serving as the senior digital producer at the NBC affiliate in mid-Missouri and earned two Missouri Broadcasters Association awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nathaniel Ramirez, 24, was pronounced dead at approximately 2:30 p.m. Wednesday Police investigate a shooting at a West&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83,632,95,2098],"class_list":["post-406751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-sapd","tag-shooting","tag-west-side"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406751","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=406751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}