Man killed after shooting on Northwest Side identified Lawrence Thompson, 64, died from a gunshot wound to the head
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SAN ANTONIO – A man who was killed after a fight on the Northwest Side has been identified.
Lawrence Thompson, 64, died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office. His death was ruled a homicide.
The fight happened just after midnight on Friday in the 100 block of East Sunshine Drive, near Babcock Road.
Police said when officers arrived on the scene, Thompson and a 47-year-old man were unresponsive in the hallway of a residence.
A witness told police that the two men had been involved in a physical altercation, which ended in the hallway.
The 47-year-old man eventually woke up and was taken to a hospital with “a laceration to his head,” police said.
Thompson was pronounced dead at the scene.
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