Police find backpack full of drugs not far from scene of teen’s shooting

16-year-old wounded in leg near far West Side apartments

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police have several unanswered questions about a shooting near a far West Side apartment complex that left a teenager with a leg wound.

Officers found the 16-year-old boy outside a third floor apartment near Culebra Road and Alamo Parkway around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.

They say teen collapsed outside the home of a friend after being shot.

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He told officers he was walking through the woods nearby when someone shot him, but he said he didn’t know who shot him.

Officers said he was stable as he was taken to a hospital by ambulance.

At the scene, they said the teen was being uncooperative when it came to telling them about the shooter.

Police searched the area, but did not make any arrests.

However, they say they did find a backpack full of narcotics behind the same building where they found the teen.

Police are still trying to determine who owns it.


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Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.

Azian Bermea is a photojournalist at KSAT.