Officials: 30-year-old man killed in apparent drug deal outside San Antonio motel

Joshua Barron Lewis, 30, was killed outside a Super 8 motel on the SE Side

Police: Man shot, killed in motel parking lot was involved in drug deal

SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a man killed in an apparent drug deal last week.

Joshua Barron Lewis, 30, died from multiple gunshot wounds Thursday at a Super 8 motel in the 300 block of Roland Road, officials said. He died at the scene following a shooting in the parking lot.

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San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said Lewis approached the passenger’s side door of a vehicle for a transaction when he was shot from behind by two men.

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Lewis had been staying at the motel, McManus said.

The assailants’ faces were covered up, therefore there was no description of them, he said.

No arrests have been made.


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