BCSO: Man shot and killed by female partner in Somerset

A Somerset man was shot and killed by his partner Friday morning, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

Police responded at around 8:30 a.m. for a reported shooting at a home in the 8000 block of 3rd St. in Somerset, southwest of San Antonio.

A man in his mid 30s was shot several times in his upper torso and head by a woman in her mid 50s, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar. The man was pronounced dead on scene.

The shooting occurred outside of the home in broad daylight.

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The woman was taken without incident by BCSO for questioning. Salazar expects her to face charges later Friday but would not speculate on the nature of the charges. Salazar said it was unclear if the couple was married.

The couple’s three children, the oldest of whom is 13 years old, were home during the shooting. The children are safe, Salazar said, and the local school district and Child Protective Services have been notified.

Somerset police asked BCSO for assistance and Bexar County deputies took over the case.

Salazar said deputies are investigating whether there was violence on either side of the relationship leading up to the shooting.

“There are resources out there. If you are a victim of domestic violence and you need help to get yourself out of that situation, please give us a call,” Salazar said. “The last thing we want is to see it end like this. On either side.”

Somerset resident Martha Gomez, eyeing the yellow police tape strung across the small city’s road, said such shootings were rare in the area.

“This doesn’t happen. We have burglaries more now than we ever did before but it’s people that we don’t even know that come from out of town. Something like this … ” Gomez trailed off.