SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police say detectives are still trying to decide whether to pursue criminal charges against a man who may have accidentally shot himself and a 17-year-old boy.
Both of them were hit by the same bullet fired by the man as he possibly was playing with a handgun, police said.
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The shootings happened after 3 a.m. Friday inside a home in the 900 block of SW 36th Street where a party was going on.
Police believe the party attendees, some of whom were underage, had been drinking.
Witnesses told police the 18-year-old suspect accidentally shot himself in the hand.
The same bullet then traveled through his hand into the belly of a 17-year-old boy who was sitting next to him.
The victim was in critical condition with a life-threatening wound when he left for a hospital in an ambulance, police said.
The suspected shooter took off in a car in an attempt to drive himself to a hospital.
However, police say he panicked and pulled over on Highway 90 near Zarzamora where he called for help.
He also was taken to a hospital by ambulance.