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Police searching for gunman who shot 2 teens at apartment complex playground

16-year-old shot in head, other teen wounded in arm

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are searching for a gunman who shot two teenagers near the playground of a West Side apartment complex.

Officers who responded to the 911 call around 1:30 a.m. Friday found one victim lying on the grass of the Westway Apartments, located in the 5600 block of Culebra Road.

They say the 16-year-old boy had been shot in his head.

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As they began to investigate, they received a call about another shooting victim at a gas station around the corner.

Police say at that business, located at Culebra and Callaghan roads, they found a 17-year-old boy who had been shot in the arm.

They believe both victims were shot by the same gunman, described as a man dressed all in black and armed with a rifle.

The teen who was shot in the arm was able to run to the gas station to get help.

Police say both victims were taken to a hospital for treatment.

They described the wound of the younger victim, the teen who was shot in the head, as being life-threatening.

The shooter, who was gone when officers arrived, was not found.


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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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