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Two fatally shot in dispute between neighboring apartments

Police believe the two groups were exchanging gunfire from their apartment buildings.

SAN ANTONIO — A fight between neighbors in an apartment building escalated early Sunday morning and ended with three people shot two fatally.

It happened around 1:27 a.m. on the 2900 block of Rigsby Avenue at the Oak Meadow Apartments.

Police responded for a shooting in progress and when officers arrived, they found three people with gunshot wounds.

One died at the scene and another died once he reached the hospital. Both of those victims had been shot in the chest. A third victim was shot in the ankle. He was treated at the hospital and is now in custody.

According to police, two groups of neighbors in separate buildings got into some sort of disturbance and started firing shots at each other from their buildings.

No other injuries were reported from either building. 

Police are still trying to determine what started the altercation between the two groups. 

Police say both parties are suspects in this investigation. 

No other details were provided.

 

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