Woman shot by car burglars on Southeast Side

SAN ANTONIO – A woman was shot by suspected car burglars early Monday morning on the Southeast Side.

San Antonio police said the shooting happened when the woman’s brother confronted the burglars just before 5 a.m. in the 200 block of Hatcher Ave.

According to a preliminary report from SAPD, the siblings heard people damaging a window to a neighbor’s vehicle.

The woman’s brother exited the house to confront them, and at least one of the burglars pulled out a firearm and opened fire.

The woman, 27, was struck in her abdomen, police said. She was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.

The car burglars were not caught.