SAN ANTONIO – A man was arrested and charged after a gun inside his pants went off in line at a Northwest Side movie theater, according to San Antonio police.
The incident happened Tuesday just before 8 p.m. inside the Cinemark Summit 16 theater in the 5000 block of Northwest Loop 410.
A preliminary report from SAPD identified the suspect as Maximus Sabastian Xavier Iruegas, 22.
According to police, Iruegas was in a snack bar line with the weapon in his pocket and his hand on it when it went off, grazing him in the leg.
A single shot was fired, and no one was injured, the report said.
Iruegas went into the parking lot, where responding officers encountered him. After searching Iruegas, officers located a weapon.
Iruegas was arrested and charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon in a prohibited place and discharging in a municipality, police said.
The charges were raised to felonies due to the movie theater selling alcohol; however, TABC would not be involved since the movie theater did not commit an infraction, police said.
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