SAN ANTONIO – For the second time in just two days, an interrupted car burglary resulted in a shooting in San Antonio.
This time, however, the burglars shot the homeowner.
The shooting happened just before 4 a.m. outside a home in the 1100 block of Sugar Pine Drive, not far from Blanco and Bitters Road.
According to police, the man’s car was in front of his neighbor’s house when he was alerted by his phone that someone was in his front yard. That’s when police say, the 36-year-old man opened his front door and yelled at the two burglars, but as they were leaving one of them turned around and shot at him, hitting him in his side. The burglars fled on foot after the shooting.
The injured man was taken by ambulance to University Hospital, where he’s expected to recover. His wounds were described as non-life threatening.
SAPD said a description of the burglars is not currently known. So far, no arrests have been made.
The San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio Fire Department and EMS all responded to the call.