Off-duty Texas officer shoots 2 people in Walmart parking lot, police say

SAN ANTONIO — An off-duty policeman in Texas is accused of shooting two people in the parking lot of a Walmart in San Antonio, authorities said Friday.

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The officer, who serves with the Schertz Police Department northeast of San Antonio, fired shots into a van in the store’s parking lot, KSAT-TV reported. San Antonio police arrived shortly after 3 p.m. CDT and found a 40-year-old man suffering from “several” gunshot wounds and his passenger, a 39-year-old woman, also injured, the television station reported.

A police spokesperson said an altercation that happened in the Walmart parking lot led to the shooting, KENS-TV reported. A man driving a gray Honda Civic minivan pulled up and fired shots into a black minivan, according to the television station.

It is unclear what led to the shooting.

A spokesperson for the San Antonio Police Department said there also was a 24-year-old woman and a 4-year-old child in the back of the victim’s vehicle, but neither one of them were injured, WOAI-TV reported. The shooter called 911 and stayed at the scene, according to the television station.

Police said they took the man into custody for questioning.

“The City of Schertz is aware that an off-duty officer was involved in a shooting incident this afternoon,” officials said in a statement. “This incident is currently under investigation with the San Antonio Police Department.”

The shooter could face two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police told KSAT.

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