SAN ANTONIO – A 9-year-old boy was briefly hospitalized after he was shot on the front porch of an East Side home shortly after midnight, according to San Antonio police.
The shooting happened around 12:05 a.m. Thursday at a home in the 400 block of Delmar Street, not far from South New Braunfels Avenue.
According to the boy’s mother, he was with a relative on the front porch when a bullet hit him. SAPD said it is unsure who fired the weapon.
The boy’s mother told KSAT she observed something “burning” on his pants. After tearing his pants, she said she saw that something “struck” his leg.
She described her response to the bullet striking her son.
“First, not to freak out, because he was already traumatized by it,” the mother said. “I just kind of went into ‘mom mode.’ He was bleeding, so I put some pressure on it (the wound) and called the paramedics.”
After the bullet was removed from his leg and given to police, the boy returned home later Thursday, his mother said.
“He’s pretty brave,” the boy’s mother said. “He’s pretty tough, so he’s doing good.”
Authorities had no information on a possible suspect, and their investigation is ongoing.
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