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Medical examiner identifies 21-year-old man shot, killed in front of East Side sports bar

Shooting happened near Vibe Sports Bar and Grill on Rigsby

The deadly shooting happened around 10:35 p.m. Sunday near Vibe Sports Bar and Grill in the 2600 block of Rigsby Avenue (KSAT)

SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Medical Examiner has identified the 21-year-old man killed in front of a sports bar on the East Side of San Antonio over the weekend.

Brandon Jobe Armelin Jr. was identified on Thursday as the man killed in the shooting.

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Romeo Cedillo, 14, also died in the shooting due to a gunshot wound to his neck and shoulder, the medical examiner’s office said earlier this week. His death was ruled a homicide.

The deadly shooting happened around 10:35 p.m. Sunday near Vibe Sports Bar and Grill in the 2600 block of Rigsby Avenue, near Covington Road and Comanche Park.

Police said a dispute broke out in the parking lot of the bar, and an unknown person shot two men and a teenager.

Armelin and Cedillo were pronounced dead at the scene. The other man was transported to a hospital, where he was in stable condition, police said.

The gunman fled in an unknown vehicle.

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