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Two women killed in Northeast Side apartment shooting, San Antonio police say

One suspect now charged with capital murder

SAN ANTONIO – Two women were fatally shot early Sunday morning at a Northeast Side apartment complex, according to San Antonio police.

Officers were called to the Cottage Creek Apartments in the 4800 block of Ray Bon Drive around 1:15 a.m.

Police at the scene said the women were feuding with three other people for the last several days. It is believed the suspects came to the apartment, stood outside and fired several shots into the home.

Two women inside the apartment were found dead in the living room, while a man inside the apartment was grazed by bullets, police said. One of the victims is 17, while the other is 19. Neither victim has been identified yet by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.

One suspect arrested in connection with the case was identified as Abdi Shidad, 22. Shidad was arrested on suspicion of capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, jail records showed. Shidad lived at the apartment where the shooting occurred, public records showed.

Mugshot of Abdi Shidad, taken in 2016. (KSAT)

The investigation is ongoing, police said.


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