SAN ANTONIO – The woman critically injured Wednesday night at a vigil along Highway 281 and Hildebrand Avenue has been charged with deadly conduct after allegedly firing a weapon into the crowd, San Antonio police said Thursday.
According to San Antonio police, the woman went to the vigil upset about not being invited when she began to cause problems at the scene. That's when, police said, she fired a weapon into the crowd around 8:15 p.m.
Attendees fought to take the gun from the woman before someone in attendance pistol-whipped her, police said.
San Antonio police shut down all northbound lanes of Highway 281 near the scene. All lanes reopened around 10:30 p.m.
Police said the woman at first was believed to be the victim before it was later determined that she was allegedly the person responsible.
The woman was treated at an area hospital and will now be booked for deadly conduct. The name of woman has not been released.
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A woman was critically injured Wednesday night at a vigil along Highway 281 and Hildebrand Avenue.
The woman was taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center in critical condition.
Family members had been gathering at the scene all week after a loved one was killed early Saturday morning.
Police said there was tension between family members.
Police were unsure of how she was injured. An officer on the scene told KSAT there was a gun involved but investigators aren’t sure if she was shot or hit with a stick.
Officers were dispatched for a report of shots fired around 8:15 p.m.
Police said they are looking for a black truck that was seen leaving.
San Antonio police shut down all northbound lanes of 281 near the scene. All lanes reopened around 10:30 p.m.
For the last three nights people have been gathering at the scene where Luis Arista died.
Driver dies in fiery crash on North Side
Arista, 36, was driving Saturday morning when his car crashed into the highway overpass on Highway 281 at Hildebrand Avenue, causing the vehicle to flip onto its side and catch fire.
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