Man dead after double shooting near East Side sports bar, SAPD says

SAN ANTONIO – A man is dead and another was hospitalized after a shooting near a sports bar on the East Side, according to San Antonio police.

Two officers were parked near Rigsby Avenue and Covington Road when they heard gunshots. They later found the two men wounded behind Vibe Sports Bar and Grill in the 2600 block of Rigsby Avenue.

Officers found a 21-year-old man had been shot in the leg, and a 23-year-old had been shot in the abdomen. Both men were taken to a hospital.

The 23-year-old man later died, police said. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Devon Spryjk.

Spryjk died of a gunshot wound, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Details about what led up to the shooting are unknown, a police preliminary report said.

The investigation is ongoing.

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