Man shot in the neck while driving with his father near East Side motel

Multiple calls for a shooting led police to an East Side motel, where they found a 27-year-old man shot in the neck Thursday.

Around 11 a.m., police received calls for shootings near Gembler Road, Oakwell Farms Parkway and Interstate 35. When police responded to the scenes, they realized it was all for the same incident. A white SUV had been shot at near Gembler Road.

The occupants of the SUV then drove to an America’s Best Value Inn, near the 3600 block of Interstate 35, to call for help. When police arrived, they found the 27-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck.

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The victim was in the vehicle with his father when the SUV was shot at by an unknown shooter. Police did not say who was driving the SUV.

The 27-year-old was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police said one of the men was staying at the motel, but didn’t know why they came returned to that location to call for help.

Police tape sectioned off parts of the motel as police searched through a bullet-ridden SUV sitting in the parking lot.

Police said they don’t have much information on the suspect.

Taylor Pettaway is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for MySA.com | [email protected] | @TaylorPettaway