Driver critically wounded in shooting on Highway 281 near downtown, SAPD says

SAN ANTONIO – A 19-year-old man was critically wounded after he was shot while driving on Highway 281 near downtown on Tuesday morning, San Antonio police said.

According to a preliminary police report, the man told officers he was driving southbound on the highway around 8 a.m. when someone in another vehicle pulled up next to him and fired shots at his pickup truck.

The victim took the Josephine exit and called the police.

He was transported to a hospital in critical condition.

Police said that based on what the man told officers, no known road rage incident occurred before the shooting, so the motive is unclear.

Highway 281 was closed at the Josephine exit, snarling traffic for miles, while police investigated. The highway has since reopened.