SAN ANTONIO — A man has been arrested for shooting his sister's ex-boyfriend in August, police say.
Christopher Byrd has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Heriberto Fernandez was meeting with his ex-girlfriend to exchange custody of their child on Rustleaf Drive, according to authorities.
Police say Byrd got angry when Fernandez started becoming disrespectful towards Byrd's mother, who is also the child's grandmother. This sparked an altercation between Byrd and Fernandez. Fernandez walked away and entered a vehicle on the passenger's side attempting to leave the residence.
Witnesses say Byrd walked up to Fernandez who was sitting in the car, opened the door and shot him in the chest.
The driver of the car drove Fernandez to the front gates of the Lackland Air Force Base to get help.
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A shooting victim was driven to the gate at JBSA-Lackland and dropped off Wednesday morning.
Police say the shooting happened in the 6600 block of Merry Oaks Drive just before 9 a.m. on the southwest side of town.
Police said a man and his ex-spouse were in the middle of a child exchange that had been planned when suddenly it escalated into a shooting. Officials on the scene said the victim had come to pick up the child when he was shot by someone inside the ex-spouse's vehicle.
After the man was hit, he was driven by a woman to the JBSA-Lackland visitor's entrance on W Military Dr. where security forces and EMS at the base treated him for a gunshot wound to his upper body. Police say the man was taken to University Hospital in critical condition.
The suspects have been identified as a man and a woman, but authorities are unsure who specifically shot at the man. The victim had two other children inside his care when he was shot.
Police have detained a few people, but are not sure if they were involved in the shooting.
This is a developing story.
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