Ambush-style attack leaves man dead in car, driveway littered with shell casings

Officers called around 1:40 a.m. to shooting near Belmont Street

SAN ANTONIO – A 66-year-old man is dead and two other people were wounded following a shooting on the city’s East Side early Friday morning, San Antonio police said.

Officers were called around 1:40 a.m. to a home in the 300 block of Belmont Place, not far from South Gevers Street and East Commerce after receiving word of shots fired.

According to police, officers arrived to find a man deceased in the driver’s seat of a running vehicle that also had numerous bullet holes in the driveway of a home. A 52-year-old woman was also found shot multiple times in the passenger seat, police said.

Officers gave first aid to the woman until EMS arrived. The woman was taken by EMS to Brooke Army Medical Center. Her condition is not currently known.

SAPD said approximately 75 shell casings were found in the street and in front of the home. The motive for the shooting remains unclear.

Authorities say several people in the backyard of the house were detained by police for questioning. A third victim told officers he was walking on Polaris Street when he was shot in the hip by an unknown person, police said. That 18-year-old man is expected to recover.

The name of the man killed has not been released.

So far, no arrests have been made. The investigation is ongoing, police said.


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