A 25-year-old San Antonio woman who says her ex-boyfriend shot her in the shoulder and torso on Probandt Street last week is refusing to go back home until he's behind bars, telling reporters she still fears what he might do next. She was released from the hospital after the attack but says she can't shake the dread that he's still out there, unaccounted for, and possibly watching her.
The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, told WOAI News 4 San Antonio that the shooting grew out of a love triangle: she had ended the relationship with her ex six months earlier, but the two argued just hours before the gunfire on August 1. She says he had warned her that nobody else would be with her if she didn't stay with him, and separately threatened to take her with him if he ever decided to take his own life. Those warnings, she says, turned real when he allegedly opened fire on the vehicle she was riding in with her new boyfriend on Probandt Street near Highway 90.
According to KSAT, San Antonio police officers were actually dispatched to a local emergency room just before midnight on August 1, rather than to the shooting scene itself, after the woman's current boyfriend drove her straight to the hospital following the attack in the 800 block of Probandt Street near Southtown. The outlet reports the driver made the call to get her directly to emergency care after gunfire struck the vehicle multiple times.
Suspect Still at Large Days Later
Preliminary police reports identified the suspected shooter as a 32-year-old man driving a separate vehicle who fled the scene in an unknown direction immediately after opening fire, according to the San Antonio Express-News's reporting cited alongside KSAT's account. As of Thursday, San Antonio police have not released the suspect's name, and he has not been arrested. The woman described being hit, bleeding heavily, struggling to breathe, and hearing gunshots as the attack unfolded — an ordeal she says has left her too afraid to return home even after her hospital discharge.
If investigators do identify and charge a suspect, opening fire on a person with a firearm in Texas typically constitutes aggravated assault with a deadly weapon under Penal Code Section 22.02, a second-degree felony carrying two to 20 years in state prison, according to The Martinez Law Firm. Under the state's so-called “3g” felony rules, a conviction on that charge would require serving at least half the sentence day-for-day before parole eligibility. It remains unclear whether a protective order had been filed against the ex-boyfriend before the shooting.
A Pattern Bexar County Knows Too Well
The case lands against a backdrop of stark local numbers. The Collaborative Commission on Domestic Violence reported in December that Bexar County recorded 32 domestic violence-related homicides in 2024, with female victims disproportionately affected, per the City of San Antonio. San Antonio police respond to more than 40,000 family violence calls a year on average, part of over 58,500 total domestic violence calls handled across the city and county in 2024, according to the Collaborative Commission on Domestic Violence's data.
The commission's research also shows 40% of Texas women experience intimate partner violence, compared to 37% nationally, and that Bexar County's historical female intimate-partner homicide rate of 2.8 per 100,000 has significantly exceeded the statewide average of 1.6 per 100,000. Bexar County magistrates issued 2,267 emergency protection orders in 2024 alone, while civil courts processed another 1,568 protective order applications, the city's report states.
Resources for Victims Who Fear Going Home
Texas law treats violations of family violence protective orders as a Class A misdemeanor in most cases, but that escalates to a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison if the violator commits assault or stalking while breaking the order, according to guidance published by Texas Law Help. For victims in the woman's position — afraid to return home and unsure what legal protections apply — Family Violence Prevention Services operates a 160-bed shelter and a 24/7 crisis line at 210-733-8810. San Antonio police Crisis Response Teams also work with advocates to help victims build safety plans through the department's non-emergency line at 210-207-7273.
For now, the woman says she simply wants her ex-boyfriend behind bars before she'll consider going home. She remains focused on her own safety and that of her family, still uncertain what his next move might be while he remains free and unnamed by investigators.
