A homeowner shot a man who broke into a West Side home overnight, according to San Antonio police.
Officers said the a man tried to break into the home about 1:30 a.m. Sunday at Wilmot and Knoke streets, near North General McMullen, when the home’s owner grabbed a gun and shot him twice. The man ran away but was found by emergency medical services nearby. He was loaded into an ambulance and was about to be treated, but he became angry and escaped from the ambulance, the SAPD said.
Police were able to capture him again, and he was taken to University Hospital in stable condition. He had gunshot wounds to his right elbow and right thigh and had cuts from jumping over a barbed-wire fence. Later Sunday morning, San Antonio police officers were dispatched to South Presa Street and Avondale Avenue to check reports of someone possibly hit by a train. The officers found a 31-year-old man lying on the ground near the train tracks and complaining about leg pain, police said.Both incidents are under investigation.