At least 10 police officers shot a man multiple times Friday night, San Antonio Police Chief Jesse Salame said, after the man pointed a shotgun at officers near a bar west of downtown.
The man, who has not yet been identified, is in critical condition and was in the operating room at the time of publication, according to SAPD.
Officers were initially called to a convenience store in the 500 block of Ruiz Street for a report of a man with a gun, police said.
Police found the man a short distance away in the parking lot of a bar, where police said he was carrying a duffel bag and moving between parked cars.
Officers fired “less-lethal beanbag” rounds to try to get the man to put the bag down and gave him several commands to come out and surrender, police said
The man then stepped out from behind a vehicle, racked a loaded shotgun and pointed it at officers, police said, and at least 10 officers fired.
Salame said he did not know whether the man fired, how many rounds officers fired or how many times the man was hit.
No officers were hurt, and police said no one else was injured. Several witnesses gave statements to police.
Witnesses and people in the area told KSAT that the man who was shot Friday night had stabbed a woman earlier this week.
The woman who was injured in the earlier stabbing spoke to KSAT, saying the man told officers to “put your guns down or you’re going to kill me.”
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