Ongoing feud turns deadly as two men shoot, kill each other overnight, SAPD says

Incident occurred around 12:40 a.m. in 700 block of Austin Street

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police say two men are dead after a shooting overnight just east of downtown that was the result of an ongoing feud.

Officers were called around 12:40 a.m. to the 700 block of Austin Street, not far from Interstate 37 and North Hackberry Street after receiving word of gunfire.

According to police, officers arrived to find a 29-year-old man and a 32-year-old man both with gunshot wounds.

Police said they were told the pair had an ongoing feud and that the two men argued outside a home just before one of them entered the house. One of the men later returned to the location and opened the door to the home, police said.

A preliminary police report stated that the men began to argue again inside the house just before they both pulled out guns and shot each other. One of the men was pronounced dead at the scene.

The second man was taken by ambulance to Brooke Army Medical Center in critical condition, where he also later died.

The names of the two men killed have not yet been released. SAPD also did not say exactly what the feud was about.

The San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio Fire Department and EMS all responded to the call.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing, police said.


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