SAN ANTONIO – A man is dead and a woman has been detained following a shooting at a home on the city’s East Side late Thursday night, San Antonio police said.
The shooting occurred around 11 p.m. at a home in the 100 block of Denver Boulevard, not far from South Hackberry Street and Interstate 37.
According to police, a 44-year-old man was shot in the chest inside the house. It is unclear exactly what led up to the shooting.
SAPD said a woman was detained by officers. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A preliminary police report states the woman told officers she was being assaulted and shot the man in self-defense. She is cooperating with authorities.
The name of the man killed has not yet been released.
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.