SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police said a 40-year-old woman was killed in a drive-by shooting on the South Side early Friday morning.
Officers responded to the shooting around 12:45 a.m. in the 900 block of Burton Avenue, which is located near Aaron Place.
At least one person in a white vehicle, possibly a Toyota Prius, opened fire and struck the corner house on Burton Avenue, SAPD said.
One of the bullets went through the home’s walls and hit the woman in her head, police stated.
According to a police report, there were “a lot” of bullet holes in the woman’s room.
A male witness told an officer that he lived in the room with the woman. He also mentioned that two other residents of the home had argued with an unknown person outside before the shooting, the report said.
At the scene, officers also found several shell casings outside the home. Witnesses say they heard multiple shots fired.
Another witness told SAPD that they saw two men exit the white vehicle and fire gunshots at the home, according to the report.
The woman who was shot was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Neighbors told KSAT that the home is a duplex.
The white vehicle fled from the scene after the shooting, according to police.
Neighbors said they have typically felt safe but wish there was a better police presence.
“It would be nice for them to come by here once in a while before it gets bad,” one man said.
One man texted his sister a message after hearing the shooting saying, “they shot at that house with a switch, never heard an automatic close by like that no lie a bullet zoomed by us.”
SAPD said its investigation is ongoing.
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