17-year-old fatally shot at motel in Universal City

Officers called around 4:30 a.m. to 200 block of Palisades Drive

UNIVERSAL CITY, Texas – Police in Universal City are investigating after a 17-year-old boy was fatally shot at a motel early Tuesday morning.

Officers were called around 4:30 a.m. to a Super 8 motel in the 200 block of Palisades Drive, not far from Loop 1604 after receiving word of someone shot inside a motel room.

Authorities say they have four people in custody, two of them minors who are being questioned. No charges or arrests have been made.

The name of the boy killed has not been released. A motive is not currently known.

The Schertz Police Department, the Live Oak Police Department and Universal City police all answered the call.


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Ben Spicer is a digital journalist who works the early morning shift for KSAT.

Sarah Acosta is a weekend Good Morning San Antonio anchor and a general assignments reporter at KSAT12. She joined the news team in April 2018 as a morning reporter for GMSA and is a native South Texan.

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