SAN ANTONIO — One person is dead and another person was injured after a shooting on the northwest side Friday night.
The incident occurred near Broadstone Apartments on Medical Drive around 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Police say they received a call for a shooting and when they arrived on the scene, they found two men who had been shot. One of the victims was taken to University Hospital, and the other one died at the scene.
The medical examiner's office identified the victim who was killed as Octavion Hoskins, who would have been celebrating his 28th birthday on the night he was killed.
Police said the surviving victim gave different versions of what happened --- in one version saying that he and the victim had been robbed and then shot by the suspects.
The suspects are believed to have fled the scene in another vehicle, according to police. Police are investigating.
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