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Police searching for suspect after man found beaten with baseball bat

Officers had been called to the scene for a shooting in progress, but discovered the man had been beaten, not shot.

SAN ANTONIO — A shooting victim was rushed to the hospital and police say when the victim got there doctors figured out that man hadn't been shot at all. They believe he was beat up with a baseball bat.

It happened around 9:15 p.m. Saturday off of the 800 block of South Trinity Street near Guadalupe Street on the west side of town.

San Antonio police were initially called out to the home for a shooting, and when officers got there, they found a man seriously injured.

He was taken to the hospital. While detectives were combing the scene for evidence hospital staff contacted officers and said the victim hadn't been shot at all.

Officers later learned someone at the home beat the man with a bat.

That suspect is still on the run this morning.

This is a developing story.

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