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SAPD: Pair shot while standing outside vehicle on city’s West Side

Officers called around 10:30 p.m. to 2400 block of Saunders Avenue

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are investigating after two people were shot on the city’s West Side late Wednesday night.

The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. in the 24000 block of Saunders Avenue, not far from South Zazamora Street and Buena Vista Street.

According to police, a 22-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman in separate vehicles were parked on the side of Saunders and were talking to each other

Police said the man was hit once in the leg by the gunfire and that the woman was struck in the chest. The woman drove to a Bill Miller Bar-B-Q on Interstate 37 near Cesar Chavez and the man drove to East Commerce and South Gevers Street where they both called for help, police said.

The woman was driven to a downtown hospital by an unknown person, but was later transported to Brooke Army Medical Center.

The man was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center in stable condition. A motive for the shooting is not currently known.

The San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio Fire Department and EMS all answered the call.

So far, no arrests have been made. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing, police said.


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