SAPD: Man fatally shot after allegedly breaking into woman’s house

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A 33-year-old woman shot and killed a man Wednesday after she said he broke into her home on the West Side, according to San Antonio police.

The 24-year-old unidentified man may have known the woman and had been texting her all day, police said. When she arrived at her residence near the 10000 block of Lynx Crossing just before 9 p.m., the man was waiting for her, according to police.

He left after she told him to leave. While the woman then went inside her home to take a shower, the man allegedly broke into the home, police said.

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The woman told police she heard him coming up the stairs so she grabbed a shotgun and hid in the bathroom. When the man entered the bathroom, she fired a shot at him, police said.

The man was transported to University Hospital, where he later died.

It is unclear if the woman will face charges.

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