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Man critically injured in West Side shooting, San Antonio police say

Shooting happened Wednesday afternoon at Menchaca Street and North Hamilton Avenue

SAN ANTONIO – A 33-year-old man was critically injured in a shooting on the West Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department.

The shooting happened just after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Menchaca Street and North Hamilton Avenue.

Officers got a call from an anonymous person who said six to seven men had arrived at the location and began shooting at each other multiple times before leaving in separate vehicles, according to the police report.

Police found several shell casings along Lombrano Street and North Hamilton Avenue. Officers also saw a blood trail on a grassy area near a playground in West End Park by Lombrano Steet, the police report said.

A different caller told police they witnessed a man who had just been shot in the abdomen collapse in front of a hospital entrance, according to the report. That man was in critical condition and taken by ambulance to a different hospital with a trauma center, SAPD said.

The man told police he had been shot by someone police described as a 34-year-old man.

No suspects have been arrested at this time.


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