2 teens shot outside West Side apartment complex, police say

Officers called around 11:15 p.m. to 530 block of North General McMullen

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are investigating after two teens were shot outside a West Side apartment complex late Tuesday night.

Officers were called around 11:15 p.m. to the McMullen Square Apartments in the 530 block of North General McMullen Drive, not far from Culebra Road and West Commerce Street after receiving word of a shooting.

According to police, officers arrived to find two teenagers, ages 17 and 18, wounded in the driveway of the apartment complex.

Police said residents at the apartment told them they heard gunshots, but did not see anything. One of the teens was shot in the face and the other was shot in the abdomen, police said.

The victims were both taken by EMS to area hospitals. One of the victims had life-threatening injuries and the other was in stable condition, police said. The victim’s names have not been released.

The motive for the shooting is not currently known. SAPD said the only description of the suspects they have is that two men fled in what may have been a red car. The investigation is ongoing, police said.


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