San Antonio police investigating after a man was shot and killed after during an altercation at a West Side apartment complex on the evening of Wednesday, July 16. (KSAT)
SAN ANTONIO – A man is dead after an altercation turned deadly at a West Side apartment complex, according to San Antonio police.
Officers were called to an apartment complex in the 1900 block of Potosi Street around 11 p.m. Wednesday.
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Witnesses reported seeing two to three men “having a physical altercation,” just before the 34-year-old victim was shot in the back, according to a preliminary report from SAPD.
Police had initially said the fight began inside a nearby apartment.
The three alleged suspects fled from the scene on foot after the shooting and have not been apprehended, the report said.
It is not immediately clear if all of the suspects were armed or what prompted the altercation.
EMS officials pronounced the man dead at the scene. His identity and cause of death are pending from the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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.