Mother speaks out after 9-year-old son hit by bullet while watching fireworks in east San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO — Family says 9-year-old Sebastian Rodriguez was siting on his front porch watching his loved ones ring in the new year. The boy didn’t like the loud noise so his mother says he had his headphones on as the others played with sparklers and other fireworks.

Just a minutes into the new year, his mother, Gina Martinez, says she heard him scream and run inside.

“I ripped his pants open and you could see something penetrated his leg,” Martinez said. “It didn’t look like a burn. It was just open…

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