SAN ANTONIO — A juvenile victim was shot in the leg at a west-side park on Monday afternoon, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
Police at a scene on Culebra near I-10 said a man got a call from a friend who told him he had been shot at the skatepark section of Rosedale Park on the west side. The friend picked the victim up from the park to take him to the hospital, and flagged down an ambulance on Culebra. The first responders put the victim in the ambulance and took him to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said that officers were looking for a crime scene at Rosedale Park but hadn't found one yet. Officers were also photographing the car that the victim's friend picked him up in.
There was no word on any suspect or suspects, and an investigation is underway.
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