SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are searching for a suspect following a shooting and robbery on the city’s East Side late Monday night.
Officers were called around 10:15 p.m. to the 1000 block of Frank Avenue, not far from North New Braunfels Avenue and Interstate 35, after receiving word of a person wounded.
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According to police, officers arrived to find the 17-year-old victim with a gunshot wound to the leg.
Police said the victim told officers he had met with the assailant to try and sell some jewelry when he was ultimately robbed and then shot.
The wounded teen was taken by ambulance to an area hospital, where he’s expected to recover.
SAPD said the shooter fled and has not been found.
The San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio Fire Department and EMS all responded to the call.
The investigation into the shooting is ongoing, police said.