Juvenile victim hospitalized after shooting on East Side, San Antonio police say
SAN ANTONIO – A juvenile victim is in the hospital after a shooting in east San Antonio, police said.
Officers received a call for the shooting around 3:30 p.m., Thursday, after a woman traveling down Martin Luther King Drive, near Bookertee Road, heard three gunshots.
The woman stopped at a nearby H-E-B and noticed the female juvenile passenger in the back seat had been hit by a bullet, police said.
Officials say the victim is stable and was taken to the hospital.
Police could not confirm if the victim was a target or if the shooting was a random act of violence.
KSAT will update you with the latest once the information becomes available.
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