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2 killed in quadruple shooting on East Side identified

Man taken into custody a few blocks from the scene

San Antonio police working the scene of a shooting on Thursday morning at a home in the 600 block of Potomac Street. (KSAT)

SAN ANTONIOUPDATE 11/30/24 at 10:30 a.m.: The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the two people killed on Thanksgiving morning at a home on the city’s East Side as 24-year-old La Vontay Drummer-Simms and 27-year-old Devin Lavalais.

(Original Story)

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Two people are dead, and two others are injured after a shooting on the East Side, according to San Antonio police.

According to SAPD Chief William McManus, a group of people had been gathered at a house in the 600 block of Potomac Street since Wednesday.

At some point Thursday morning, a man who was leaving the house started shooting. McManus said police were unsure why the man began shooting.

The two deceased people and at least one of the injured victims are men in their 20s, McManus said.

The severity of the victim’s injuries is not known.

A man was initially detained a few blocks away near East Houston Street and North New Braunfels Avenue. That man has since been taken into custody, McManus said.


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Mason Hickok is a digital journalist at KSAT. He graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a communication degree and a minor in film studies. He also spent two years working at The Paisano, the independent student newspaper at UTSA. Outside of the newsroom, he enjoys the outdoors, reading and watching movies.

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Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.

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