SAPD: 2 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Market Square Fiesta event

Two officers fired their weapons after two people began shooting at each other, SAPD said

Two people were killed and four others injured during a shooting at Market Square early Sunday morning, San Antonio police said.

The shooting happened around midnight near a stage in the 100 block of Concho Alley.

Police said officers near the stage heard a gunshot and saw an 18-year-old man running away. While two officers ran after the 18-year-old, one officer said he saw the man fire and strike a 20-year-old man.

The officers then fired multiple rounds at the 18-year-old man. The 18-year-old was hit and later pronounced dead at the scene.

The 20-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital where he also was pronounced dead, the department said.

Four bystanders, all women, were also shot at the scene. An SAPD spokesperson told KSAT that “two were transported with non-life-threatening injuries and the other two were checked out and released at the scene.”

SAPD did not say whether the bystanders were hit by the suspects’ gunfire or by police gunfire.

Videos posted by witnesses showed people crouching and running during the chaos.

SAPD initially said six people were injured but later corrected that information to four people.

The names of each suspect are not yet known.

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