SAN ANTONIO Dozens of basketball players came together Saturday to remember the life of Izaiah Riojas who was shot and killed earlier this month. San Antonio police say several people were playing with a gun inside a car when Riojas was shot in the back on August 15. Basketball was Riojas favorite sport, which is why his family organized the tournament. The family said the tournament was just the start of what they plan to do to keep his memory alive. They also want to start a basketball team in his honor.

San Antonio – A West Side mother wants answers after her son was shot and killed while in a car with his friends on Aug. 15. San Antonio police said Izaiah Riojas, 20, was hit with a bullet after a group was playing with a gun and it went off. “I get a call at midnight that my son was shot and I was like what son because I have three boys,” Castro said. Why did everyone run?”Sadly, Izaiah Riojas died at the scene and police said some suspects ran off, while some stayed for questioning. “Real hard.”Castro said out of all of her boys, Izaiah Riojas was the goofy one.

SAN ANTONIO The Bexar County Medical Examiners Office has identified a 22-year-old man fatally shot inside of a car early Saturday morning. Izaiah Riojas was shot and killed around 12:40 a.m. near Rosemont at Bethel Place Apartments on Acme Road. According to police, several people were playing with a gun inside of a car before Riojas was shot in the back. He got out of the vehicle, ran toward an apartment building and collapsed in the courtyard, officials said. Some of the suspects fled, but some stayed and were taken in for questioning, police say.