SAN ANTONIO – A 20-year-old man found fatally shot just north of downtown on July 2 has been identified.
Alexis Jose Vegas’ body was discovered by a passerby near a drainage ditch around 3:30 p.m. off the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 281 between Basse Road and Hildebrand Avenue.
Officers found the man in a grass embankment, and emergency services pronounced the man dead upon arrival, according to SAPD.
Police are investigating the incident as a homicide since the body was riddled with gunshot wounds, officers said.
Seven shell casings were found lying next to his body.
Police believe the man may have been shot and killed in a span of 24 hours, possibly overnight.
Spencer Heath is a Digital Journalist at KSAT. Spencer graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied Radio-Television-Film. He’s worked as a journalist in San Antonio since June of 2022.
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Andrea K. Moreno is a Digital Journalist at KSAT. She graduated from Texas State University with an electronic media degree and a minor in psychology. She also attended San Antonio College, where she held several positions at The Ranger, now known as The Sundial, for three years.