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16-Year-Old Boy Killed in East Side Shooting Late Friday, SAPD Says; Investigation Ongoing

San Antonio police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy found lying in the middle of the road in the 4900 block of Bayhead Drive just before 11 p.m. Friday — he was pronounced dead at the scene, and police have not said what led to the shooting, KTSA reported from SAPD.

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16-Year-Old Boy Killed in East Side Shooting Late Friday, SAPD Says; Investigation Ongoing (T.W.A. NEWS)

A 16-year-old boy is dead after a shooting late Friday night on San Antonio's East Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department as reported by KTSA. Officers responded just before 11 p.m. to the 4900 block of Bayhead Drive, where they found the teenager lying in the middle of the road with a gunshot wound.

The boy was pronounced dead at the scene, per the KTSA account of the police report. Police have not said what led to the shooting, and no suspect information has been released in the account read this cycle. The station does not publish a victim's name until police release it officially, and none has been released here.

The investigation is ongoing, per SAPD via KTSA. This story will be updated when police release more. The death was reported by KTSA on Sunday from the department's account of the Friday-night response; it is carried here on that official account, with nothing added beyond it.

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