SAN ANTONIO – UPDATE 2/21/25 at 4:45 a.m.: The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the 15-year-old boy fatally shot on the Southeast Side last Friday as Allen Cuellar.
His cause of death was a gunshot wound to the torso, according to the ME’s office.
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A 15-year-old was found fatally shot on the Southeast Side, according to San Antonio police.
Officers responded to the shooting around 10:43 p.m. Friday in the 3400 block of E. Southcross Boulevard, where they found the 15-year-old boy behind an apartment building, police said.
The teen had a single gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Shell casings were located near the teen’s body, but no firearm was found. A suspect and motive are currently unknown, police said.
SAPD is investigating the shooting as a murder. Additional information was not immediately available.
Gabby Jimenez is a digital journalist at KSAT. Gabby is a San Antonio native and joined the KSAT team in January 2025. A proud LSU alumna, she has reported for newspapers in Louisiana and Virginia, earning a Virginia Press Association award for Combination Photo and Story in 2024.