A fight between two students at Highlands High School spiraled into gunfire outside a San Antonio home Monday, after masked teens pulled up in a vehicle and opened fire on a residence in the 100 block of Drew Avenue, leaving a car and a trash can riddled with bullets but no one physically hurt. San Antonio police were dispatched around 11:45 a.m., and the suspects remain unlocated as investigators piece together how a campus altercation turned into an armed confrontation less than 15 minutes away.
According to KENS 5, San Antonio Police Sgt. Rodriguez said the conflict started with a physical altercation at the high school before four students allegedly sent threatening video messages showing weapons and warning they would shoot at the target residence. The victim, a 39-year-old woman, told police her nephew had been the one involved in the school fight. She said she heard multiple gunshots as the masked suspects pulled up, got out, and fired at the home while her aunt stood on the front porch.
Police confirmed no one was struck by gunfire, though a vehicle and a trash can outside the residence were hit, per the same account relayed by KENS 5. It remains unclear whether the four teens involved are students at Highlands High School, and their identities had not been released as of Monday afternoon. As reported in the seed coverage from KABB, a 17-year-old male suspect had separately sent a video threatening to shoot up the victim’s residence, though it was not specified whether that suspect was among those who arrived at the home.
Campus Placed on Secure Protocol, Not Lockdown
San Antonio Independent School District implemented what officials call a secure protocol at Highlands High School as a precaution once the shooting was reported, according to KABB’s reporting. Under that measure, students and staff remained safely inside and classes continued operating normally, with any students found outside brought back into the building and the campus perimeter secured by personnel. Individuals were permitted to enter only if designated by the principal, and the school was explicitly not placed in a lockdown…