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East Side shooting ends with man shot, bullet-riddled and wrecked SUV, police say

Officers were called to Poinsettia Street just after 2 a.m. after hearing shots fired

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are investigating a shooting on the East Side in which they found the crime scene before they located the victim.

Officers happened to be in the area when about 30 gunshots rang out around 2 a.m. Thursday.

They searched the area and found a sport utility vehicle full of bullets holes that had wrecked out on Poinsettia Street near Grimes.

Police said they did not find anyone inside the vehicle. However, they searched the area and found a man hiding behind a house nearby.

The 29-year-old man was suffering from what officers said did not appear to be a life-threatening wound to his belly. He was rushed to a hospital for treatment.

Police did not make any arrests right away, nor did they offer a motive for the shooting.


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Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.

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Tim has been a photojournalist and video editor at KSAT since 1998. He came to San Antonio from Lubbock, where he worked in TV and earned his bachelor's degree in Electronic Media and Communication from Texas Tech University. Tim has won a handful of awards and has earned a master's in Strategic Communication and Innovation from Tech as well.

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