SAN ANTONIO – An elderly woman was taken to the hospital after she was shot in the leg during a drive-by shooting on the Southeast Side, according to San Antonio Police Department.
The shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the 4800 block of Bur Oak Path.
“I was at home laying on the couch and then I just hear, ‘Boom! Boom! Boom!’ I just jumped on the floor,” said Antonio Hamilton, a neighbor with damage done to his house. “When I heard that it stopped, I ran outside and found that my house was riddled with bullets and my neighbors’ house was riddled with bullets, along with our cars.”
The victim who was hit lives next door to Hamilton. Her niece, who asked not to be identified, said she, her aunt, her mom, and her 7-year-old son were in the house when the shooting broke out.
“I was in the kitchen with my mom and son when we heard like six or seven gunshots,” said the victim’s niece. “My aunt was in the living room at the time these gunshots were going on and we were able to get down on the ground low enough but my aunt, unfortunately, was not.”
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The woman’s injuries are non-life threatening and she was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center, officials say.
Neighbors say they heard gunshots earlier this week in the area, but police say they aren’t sure if the incidents are connected.
They said they are tired of the gun violence.
“Get rid of these guns and let’s use the fists again because these bullets don’t have names,” Hamilton said. “They hit anybody. They did this in broad daylight with kids outside, so whoever did it, I hope they catch you.”
“You never know what could happen out of it,” said the victim’s niece. “Even if you are going after a certain person, I mean look what happened. Just think, if this happened to your family member or anyone, you would not feel great at all. That is all I ask is that people keep this in mind but obviously they don’t.”
No suspects are in custody as of yet and the investigation is still ongoing.