SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police recovered “explosive components” inside a Southeast Side apartment following a shooting, according to an SAPD report.
Officers responded to the shooting around 10:30 p.m. Thursday in the 400 block of Utopia Lane, near Pecan Valley Drive and Interstate 37.
Three people were found inside a unit at the complex, with two suffering gunshot wounds to their legs.
Both victims, a 20-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man, were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
SAPD initially said the alleged suspect had fled from the scene; however, it was later determined this was untrue. The report said the 18-year-old “handled the firearm incorrectly” before it went off and struck him and the woman.
Explosive found in same apartment as shooting scene
While officers were investigating, they discovered what appeared to be “some form of explosive component” inside a nearby room.
As a precaution, the nearby unit was evacuated, and SAPD’s Bomb Squad arrived and confirmed the object had explosive components, the report said.
The object was recovered, and no injuries or property damage happened, police said.
Meanwhile, the 20-year-old man, whose apartment the incident took place in, witnessed the shooting and allegedly provided false information to officers. He was arrested for the latter, according to the report.
Authorities said the man confessed to owning the explosive object and was being listed as a suspect for explosive components, police said.
An SAPD spokesperson, in an email, said both men had been arrested but not charged.
SAPD said its investigation is ongoing.
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