Man shot outside East Side home, neighbor hit by apparent stray bullet

Police looking for 2 shooters who escaped in white sedan

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are trying to track down two men who were behind a late night shooting in an East Side neighborhood.

They say witnesses told them they saw the pair drive up to a home in the 700 block of Canton Street, get out of the car and start shooting.

When officers arrived at the scene around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, the shooters already were gone.

Officers found a man in his 50s outside the home suffering from gunshot wounds in his neck and torso.

He was in critical condition when he was rushed to a hospital, police said.

They said they also discovered that a woman who lives across the street from that victim had been wounded in her hand by a bullet that tore into her home.

The victim, who is in her 40s, also was taken to a hospital by ambulance, police said.

Witnesses told police the shooters escaped in a white sedan.


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