E Southcross Blvd. & Roosevelt Ave. — Approximate Shooting And Development Corridor
A 17-year-old boy was shot Wednesday afternoon while walking home near an apartment complex on Roosevelt Avenue, San Antonio police say, the latest gunfire to hit a South Side corridor that has seen repeated violence in recent months. Officers were called to the scene near East Southcross Boulevard and Padre Drive shortly before 3 p.m.
Details Still Emerging From Police
According to KABB, San Antonio police were responding to a reported shooting near the apartment complex. The 17-year-old boy was shot while walking home and suffered wounds to his upper extremities, per police. The outlet, which credited reporter Victoria Arredondo with the initial report, described the incident as a developing story, and further details about the circumstances of the shooting had not yet been released.
The shooting adds to a troubling run of gun violence along the Roosevelt Avenue and East Southcross Boulevard corridor this year. Less than a month earlier, on September 5, an 18-year-old woman was hospitalized after being shot in the leg during a dispute between two men outside the Sunset Inn motel in the 1100 block of Roosevelt Avenue, according to KENS 5.
A Corridor With a Violent Recent History
In July, a 62-year-old father and his 39-year-old son were fatally shot outside a bar in the 1500 block of Roosevelt Avenue during a disturbance involving three men, a case the Bexar County Medical Examiner ruled a double homicide, the San Antonio Express-News reported. Just over a week later, a 40-year-old man was killed in a road rage shooting near East Southcross Boulevard and South W.W. White Road, leading to the arrest of a 51-year-old suspect on murder charges, per KSAT…