SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are investigating a shooting at a motel that sent two men to the hospital early Tuesday morning.
Officers were called around 2 a.m. to a Motel 6 in the 5500 block of Interstate 35 after receiving word of a disturbance at the motel.
According to police, a fight occurred between two men staying at the motel. Police say they determined that one of the men went to the other’s room and knocked on the door, asking for cash.
SAPD said one of the men refused to give money and thought he was being robbed. The man pulled out a gun, but the panhandler took it away, shooting him twice in the shoulder and once grazing his head, police said.
Officers say the panhandler was then shot twice after the two men fought over the gun.
One man was taken by EMS to Brooke Army Medical Center in stable condition. The other was taken to Northeast Methodist Hospital for their injuries, police said.
SAPD said they are still working through the details of the case. The investigation is ongoing.