Homicide detectives investigating shooting death of woman on East Side

Victim found at Denver Blvd, Cherry Street

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a woman whose body was found on a street corner on the city's East Side.

Police said the woman had just left a home nearby and was headed to meet her boyfriend when she suffered a fatal gunshot wound to her head.

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They received a call about the shooting before 11:30 p.m. Sunday.

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Police said the boyfriend told them he heard the gunshot, then found the woman on the ground.

Officers did not find a weapon near the body or anywhere at the scene.

Although they did not specifically label her death a murder, they did call in homicide detectives to investigate.

The woman's name has not been released yet. However, police said she was in her late 30s or early 40s.


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Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.

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