SAN ANTONIO – Two men were fatally shot during a dispute over a cell phone at a Northwest Side store, according to San Antonio police.
The shooting happened around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the 11800 block of Bandera Road, not far from Loop 1604.
Police said a man, later identified as 47-year-old Kenneth Mark McKnight Jr., entered the business unsatisfied with the service done to his phone and confronted an employee.
A verbal argument between McKnight and the employee escalated, and McKnight began to assault the employee, police said.
McKnight pulled out a gun and shot the employee, according to police.
That employee, identified to KSAT as 35-year-old Cody Bell by a friend, died at the scene.
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In self-defense, another employee at the business pulled out his firearm and shot McKnight, police said.
McKnight died at the scene.
Police said the employee who shot McKnight was cooperating with officers.
