SAN ANTONIO — Two teens were shot in what police are calling a random shooting outside a laundromat on the south side.
It happened around 12:40 a.m. on the 1500 block of W Southcross Blvd at the EZ Wash.
An SAPD sergeant at the scene says that a 16-year-old boy was shot in the hip and a 17-year-old girl shot in the chest following a drive-by shooting.
Police say a blue Mercedes drove northbound on Zarzamora, shooting toward the couple standing in the parking lot, then returned going southbound and open fired again toward the two teens hitting them both.
The pair of teens were standing outside the laundromat while the parents were inside washing clothes.
Myriam Cruz , a regular at this laundromat, was taking care of her mother’s laundry at this south side EZ Wash.
“Maybe three times a week,” said Myriam Cruz.
Cruz, a mother of three teenagers, is fed up with all the violence.
“Gotta be cautious and aware and just lookout everywhere you go, it doesn’t even matter if it was her, everywhere,” said Myriam Cruz.
Police say the kids weren’t arguing with anyone and are considering this drive-by to be a random act.
From January to June of 2023, police responded to 499 incidents on the south side compared to 631 during the same period last year. Overall, crime involving guns is down across the city.
But regardless of the numbers, Carolina Sandoval feels the community’s relationship with law enforcement should be stronger.
“A lot of people don’t depend on cops around here and it’s sad to be honest,” Sandoval said. “There’s going to be dangerous activity everywhere around here.”
So far there’ve been no arrests in the laundromat shooting. One of the teen's father drove both victims to a micro-hospital where first responders took them to University Hospital in stable condition.
This is a developing story.
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