A 62-year-old man was stabbed in the back of the head early Sunday on San Antonio's Southeast Side, and the attacker is still on the loose. Police were called around 4:25 a.m. to the 5300 block of Southcross Ranch Road, where officers found the wounded man and had him taken to a local hospital for treatment. Detectives are trying to sort out what happened but have not released a suspect description or possible motive.
What police said
According to the San Antonio Police Department, the attack happened at approximately 4:25 a.m. on the 5300 block of Southcross Ranch Road. The victim told officers that a suspect walked up to him and stabbed him in the back of the head, as reported by News 4 San Antonio. The outlet reports that officers did not yet know what led up to the stabbing and had no information on the suspect at the time of publication.
Scene and neighborhood
The 5300 block of Southcross Ranch Road sits in a dense mobile-home and trailer-park area on the Southeast Side that has seen other violent incidents in recent years. Local coverage of previous episodes in the same block, including a 2021 shooting that left multiple people wounded, has highlighted long-standing public-safety concerns in the neighborhood, according to KSAT.
Investigation ongoing
Detectives processed the scene and continued gathering information Sunday as the investigation moved forward, and no arrests had been reported. Police are asking anyone with information to contact the San Antonio Police Department. Investigators had not released a suspect description as of the latest update, according to News 4 San Antonio.
