{"id":443886,"date":"2026-09-22T09:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443886\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T09:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:48:08","slug":"neighbors-on-edge-after-16-year-old-shot-on-west-side-sapd-searches-for-2-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443886\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors on edge after 16-year-old shot on West Side; SAPD searches for 2 suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 San Antonio police are searching for two suspects after a 16-year-old was injured in a shooting<\/a> on the West Side over the weekend, leaving some neighbors on edge.<\/p>\n

Officers responded to the shooting around 6:30 p.m. Sunday near Menchaca and North Elmendorf streets and found the teenager with gunshots to the torso, according to police.<\/p>\n

The San Antonio Police Department said investigators believe one of the suspects and the victim attended school together.<\/p>\n

Neighbors like Maria Rodriguez said they have heard gunfire in the area before.<\/p>\n

With two suspects still at large, Rodriguez said she feels uneasy.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never know what\u2019s gonna happen, if they\u2019re gonna come at you or something,\u201d Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez\u2019s daughter, Veronica Benavidez, said she was nervous when her mother moved to the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen mama first said she was moving here, I was worried, because around this area there\u2019s a lot of violence,\u201d Benavidez said.<\/p>\n

Benavidez said she worries about young people having access to guns.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s horrible. If their parents let them carry guns, or I don\u2019t know where they might\u2019ve gotten them,\u201d she said. \u201dThey shouldn\u2019t be so young like that, gang-related, shooting each other. That\u2019s a young age.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shooting happened during a violent weekend in San Antonio. A 15-year-old boy died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound<\/a> on the North Side, and another person was injured in the home.<\/p>\n

KSAT has requested data from SAPD to examine the number of shootings, homicides and burglaries involving teenage victims or suspects across the city. <\/p>\n

SAPD does not routinely track crime trends by age, so additional data analysis may be needed to determine whether teen-involved violence has increased.<\/p>\n

Read also: <\/p>\n

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