San Antonio police are looking for a driver who opened fire on another motorist’s pickup in what investigators say appears to be a road-rage shooting on the city’s West Side Friday. The call came in from the 4300 block of Talley Road, where the victim told officers his truck had been hit by gunfire twice.
Investigators said the man was not hurt, and officers could be seen processing the scene and checking the truck for bullet damage. Detectives said the suspected vehicle is a black truck and that the shooter took off before patrol units got there.
According to KENS5, San Antonio police are treating the case as an active investigation and had not made any arrests as of Friday night. Detectives said they want to hear from anyone who saw the incident or has video from the area.
Where It Happened
The gunfire was reported in the 4300 block of Talley Road on San Antonio’s West Side, an area that has already seen its share of trouble this year. In January, a driver was critically injured in a crash in the same block, as previously reported by the San Antonio Express-News.
Neighbors have told reporters that traffic disputes and occasional gunfire are long-running worries in parts of the West Side, and Friday’s shooting appears to land squarely in that pattern.
Police Seeking Tips
SAPD is asking anyone with information, especially dash-cam or doorbell video from around the time of the shooting, to get in touch with detectives. The City of San Antonio lists the department’s non-emergency number as 210-207-7273 and Crime Stoppers as 210-224-STOP (7867), according to the City of San Antonio.
Police are reminding residents to save any video they might have and to avoid confronting anyone they believe could be involved, leaving that part to investigators.
How This Fits A Local Pattern
Road-rage cases have been flaring up across San Antonio this year, and some of them have ended far worse than the Talley Road shooting. In January, a 10-year-old was hospitalized in critical condition after what police described as a road-rage shooting on the Northwest Side, according to KSAT.
Detectives say those incidents show how fast tempers behind the wheel can escalate into gunfire. They keep coming back to the same message for this latest case on Talley Road: hang on to any video, speak up if you saw something, and let investigators do the chasing.
