SAN ANTONIO – Two people are in the hospital and three are in custody following a shooting at a South Side bar early Monday morning, San Antonio police said.
Officers were called just after 2 a.m. to the River City Saloon in the 1400 block of Southwest Military Drive, not far from Commercial Avenue after receiving word of a shooting.
A fight broke out at the bar and someone pulled out a gun and started firing, according to the police investigation. That’s when, a 30-year-old man was hit in the knee and a woman was struck once in the leg with bullet fragments. Both were taken to the hospital and are listed in stable condition. Another man suffered a broken ankle while falling to the ground during the shooting, police said.
Police say one victim had several items stolen from them by the men who started the fight.
Three men who are suspected of starting the fight were taken into custody. According to a San Antonio Police Department preliminary report, Christopher Morin, 29, and Isreal Padilla, 36 were arrested at the scene. Angel Hernandez, 17, was also arrested after he was located by a police helicopter hiding in a trash can.
The shooter is believed to be a man between the ages of 25 and 30, but police did not release a detailed description of him.