SAN ANTONIO — At least two people are dead and five hurt after gunfire erupted at a club in San Antonio on Sunday night, authorities said.
Here are the latest updates:
Update 3:37 a.m. EST Jan. 21: San Antonio police have identified the suspect arrested in connection with the deadly bar shooting as 19-year-old Kiernan Christopher Williams, according to the San Antonio Express-News. He will be charged with capital murder, authorities said.
Kiernan Christopher Williams, 19, opened up about the Ventura shooting to reporters saying that one of the victims threatened to kill him. He said he encountered them before but did not say anything more... https://t.co/x0qdbSBKJ5 @mySA pic.twitter.com/MrEY5YamDt
— Jacob Beltran (@JBfromSA) January 20, 2020
Update 5:01 p.m. EST Jan. 20: San Antonio police said a suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting at a RiverWalk bar shooting that killed two people and injured five, the San Antonio Express-News reported. Police did not release the suspect’s name, the newspaper reported.
Officials said the suspect faces charges of capital murder for the deaths of 20-year-old Robert Jay Martinez III and 25-year-old Alejandro Robles, the News-Express reported.
Update 11:24 a.m. EST Jan. 20: The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday identified the two men who were killed as 20-year-old Robert Jay Martinez III and 25-year-old Alejandro Robles, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
Robles was critically injured and taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, KENS-TV reported.
“Let’s pray SAPD catches this evil coward that took away our family and left a 5-year-old son without a daddy,” Christopher McQuade, Robles’ uncle, told KENS.
Martinez died at the scene, police told the television station.
The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. during a concert around at Ventura, a live music venue and bar along the city’s RiverWalk, Police Chief William McManus told reporters at a news conference.
According to McManus, an argument broke out inside of the club, and one person pulled out a gun and started shooting, KSAT reported.
WATCH: Chief McManus provides media preliminary information on shooting with multiple victims on the 1000 block of Avenue B. ➡️➡️ https://t.co/iIiYcTDXqb
— San Antonio PD (@SATXPolice) January 20, 2020
Original report: According to The Associated Press, the shooting happened about 8 p.m. local time during an argument at the Ventura, a club along the city’s River Walk. At least seven people were shot, including a 21-year-old man killed inside the venue and another person who died en route to the hospital, police told WOAI-TV.
Investigators have not yet released a description of the suspect, who was still on the run, the outlets reported.
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