Woman injured in drive-by shooting on SW Side

Shooting reported at 12:40 a.m. Friday in 5900 block of Fairshire

SAN ANTONIO – A 35-year-old woman suffered two gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting early Friday on the city's Southwest Side.

According to a police report, the victim was sleeping in the front bedroom of a home in the 5900 block of Fairshire around 12:40 a.m., when someone in a gray vehicle fired multiple rounds into the home.

The vehicle crashed into a parked pickup truck on the street and fled the scene, police said. 

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The victim was taken to University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

She told police that she didn't know why she was shot or why her home was targeted, police said.

Several children were inside the home at the time of the shooting, but they were not hurt, police said.


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