Man dies in hospital after East Side shooting, San Antonio police say

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s Note: The video in this story contains preliminary information that has since been updated in this article.

San Antonio police are investigating a shooting on the city’s East Side that left one man dead, officials said.

Officers were called to the 800 block of South Walters around 9 a.m. Friday to respond to the shooting.

Officials said that an argument broke out between two men who are both believed to be homeless. One man was shot in the abdomen, and the shooter fled the scene, police said.

The victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

Officers gathered evidence at the scene Friday morning and are looking for the suspected shooter, who was last seen fleeing south from the crime scene.