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Man who showed up at San Antonio hospital with gunshot wound dies, BCSO says

Shooting occurred on city’s Southwest Side

SAN ANTONIOUPDATE 3/23/22: The medical examiner’s office identified the man fatally shot Sunday morning on Briggs Road as 20-year-old Pedro Rojas. Whoever shot Rojas has not been caught.

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Bexar County investigators are trying to figure out what happened to a man who died of a gunshot wound on Sunday.

According to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, three witnesses drove the man, 20, to University Hospital, where he later died around 5:40 a.m. He has not yet been identified.

Deputies learned that the shooting occurred on the Southwest Side in the 12400 block of Briggs Road and likely stemmed from a gathering.

Over 16 shell casings from a shotgun and a pistol were found at the scene. Authorities are still working to determine if there was gunfire exchange between the suspect and the injured man.

Investigators are gathering statements from witnesses and the search for the suspect is ongoing. The case remains under investigation.

Anyone with more information on the incident is urged to contact the sheriff’s office.

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Jonathan Cotto is a reporter for KSAT’s Good Morning San Antonio. He’s a bilingual award-winning news reporter and he joined KSAT in 2021. Before coming to San Antonio, Cotto was reporting along the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas. He’s a veteran of the United States Navy.

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