SAPD arrests King William shooting suspect after he flees scene, carjacks couple, crashes car

Chief McManus: Suspect, victim were doing foundation work outside home when argument broke out

SAN ANTONIO – An argument between two men doing foundation work at a home in the King William area ended in gunfire Friday morning, San Antonio Police chief William McManus said.

The victim, a man in his 50s, suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was in critical but stable condition, McManus said.

The shooter, a man in his 20s to 30s, ran from the scene and stole a Mercedes at gunpoint from a couple and crashed it on the city’s South Side, McManus said. The shooter was captured in the 600 block of Recio without incident, police said.

The couple and the homeowner were not injured.

We’ll have more details as they become available.


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