Two men were shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex on San Antonio's Northeast Side early Sunday, with one struck in the chest and the other in the arm before both were rushed to a hospital in serious condition. San Antonio police say the shooting happened at Oakstone Apartments in the 2600 block of Northeast Loop 410, near Perrin Beitel Road, at roughly 12:57 a.m.
According to KENS 5, officers found the two victims in the parking lot of the gated complex, which sits directly along the busy Loop 410 corridor. SAPD has not released the men's names, ages, or any information about a possible motive or suspects, and it remains unclear whether the shooting stemmed from a dispute between the victims and an attacker or some other circumstance.
A Complex With a Violent Recent Past
This is not the first time gunfire has erupted in Oakstone's parking lot. Just over a year earlier, on July 5, 2025, 38-year-old Israel Uriegas was fatally shot in the same lot during a carjacking, when four suspects confronted him in his vehicle and then fled in a stolen black Kia Soul, according to KSAT 12. Police and Crime Stoppers later offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to arrests in that case, though it is unclear whether that reward is connected to Sunday's shooting.
Hoodline previously covered that fatal shooting at the complex. The 2600 block of Northeast Loop 410 falls within the patrol boundaries of the San Antonio Police Department's North Patrol Substation, which handles emergency response for Northeast Side neighborhoods, per city records.
Part of a Broader Pattern on the Northeast Side
Sunday's shooting adds to a string of violent incidents along the Northeast Loop 410 corridor. In May 2025, a 19-year-old man was killed outside a commercial venue along the same stretch, an incident that led to an extensive SAPD homicide investigation, according to KENS 5. Police detained and interviewed one suspect in that case before releasing him pending further evidence.
Oakstone Apartments, which offers gated one- and two-bedroom units with shared parking, is managed by SYLIS Property Management LLC, according to property listings on HAR.com. It remains unknown whether management had implemented any additional security measures at the property following last year's fatal shooting, or whether surveillance cameras captured Sunday's incident.
Citywide Crime Trends and Legal Exposure
The shooting comes even as San Antonio has seen an overall decline in violent crime. Citywide crime fell by more than 13% in 2025, with violent crimes against individuals dropping 9% to 28,361 reported incidents compared to 31,179 the year before, according to data Police Chief William McManus presented to the City Council, as reported by KSAT 12. A University of Texas at San Antonio evaluation found the city's Violent Crime Reduction Plan, launched through a partnership between SAPD and UTSA in 2023, contributed to an 18.5% drop in homicides and a 21.1% decline in violent street crime in 2025 through targeted hotspot policing, according to the San Antonio Report. Still, San Antonio saw a brief uptick in homicides during the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period the year before, a temporary reversal of two straight years of double-digit declines, per Axios.
If a suspect is identified and arrested in Sunday's shooting, Texas law classifies discharging a firearm and causing serious bodily injury as aggravated assault with a deadly weapon — a second-degree felony punishable by 2 to 20 years in prison and fines up to $10,000, according to legal resource Varghese Summersett. Separately, Texas premises liability law treats apartment tenants as legal invitees, meaning property owners must keep common areas like parking lots reasonably safe and address known security risks; landlords can face negligent security lawsuits when unaddressed defects contribute to foreseeable crimes, per the Parker Law Firm. Whether that standard applies at Oakstone, given the complex's history, is a question that has not yet been publicly addressed by SAPD or management.
This shooting is the latest in a series of Northeast Side incidents Hoodline has tracked in recent months, including a shooting at Avistar Apartments off Thousand Oaks Drive and a fatal shooting on Goldfield Drive during the morning commute. No arrests have been announced in connection with Sunday's shooting at Oakstone Apartments, and SAPD has not said whether the case is being treated as connected to any prior incidents at the property.
