Love triangle triggers fatal shooting in hotel parking lot, police say

Shooting reported at Motel 6 on W.W. White Road

SAN ANTONIO – A man who police said was involved in a love triangle was shot and killed Friday afternoon on the city's East Side.

Police Chief William McManus said that a woman who works at a Motel 6 in the 100 block of North W.W. White Road got into an altercation with her new boyfriend.

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Minutes later, the old boyfriend showed up, and the two men exchanged gunfire at very close range in the parking lot, McManus said.

The new boyfriend was killed.

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The old boyfriend drove away in what was believed to be a black Dodge Charger, McManus said.

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