Several deadly shootings in the last 24 hours have kept San Antonio police busy.
On Saturday, around 12:30 p.m., there were heartbreaking moments of families holding on to one another after losing a loved one to a shooting on the East Side at the Antioch Village Apartments on Upland Road.
”This was not a random shooting. This was targeted for a specific individual,” SAPD Chief William McManus said.
McManus said a vehicle with several people was waiting at the apartments for a man the chief called an intended target.
Tonight one person is dead, two others are hurt after a shooting on the East Side at the Antioch Village Apartments. @SATXPolice say this was a targeted shooting. Yesterday, a shooting on the Northeast Side left three hurt and one dead. pic.twitter.com/abPove3Ezl
— Leigh Waldman (@LeighWaldman) June 4, 2023
That man walked out of an apartment to meet with several people in a different vehicle, and that’s when the two groups opened fire.
Three people were shot, one died at the scene and two others were taken in critical condition to the hospital.
After the shooting, chaos ensued.
An officer with San Antonio Police Department was allegedly punched in the face.
“Relatives who wanted to get to the decedent, and when they were not allowed into the crime scene, that’s when things kinda got ugly,” McManus said.
Two media members were also assaulted, including one of our KSAT 12 News photographers who had her camera pushed to the ground.
This shooting came just hours after a rally demanding an end to gun violence also on the East Side at Phillis Wheatley Park.
”We’ve lost family members, friends, and community partners to gun violence, and the community violence needs to end,” said Bennie Price, CEO of Big Mama’s Safe House.
June is Gun Violence Awareness Month, and advocates support the cause by wearing orange.
On Saturday, several groups like Big Mama’s Safe House and Mom’s Demand Action rallied to get the community to come together against gun violence.
”Everyone is tired of the way, the status quo, and we’re just fed up and we’re gonna make a change,” said Amy Kercsmar, group lead for the Bexar County chapter of Mom’s Demand Action.
Chief McManus said at this time they are not releasing information about the suspects involved in the shooting at the Antioch Village Apartments.
Saturday’s rally against gun violence comes ahead of a sit-in planned at our nation’s capitol demanding elected leaders pass an assault weapons ban.
Join me, fellow parents of victims, and survivors June 6-12 at the Capitol in Washington D.C. as we sit in. We will be calling on members of Congress to push for an assault weapons ban. pic.twitter.com/rVVvN09SJp
— Brett Cross 🟧 (@BCross052422) May 30, 2023