A 16-year-old boy told his parents he had been shot after arriving at their Northeast Side home. His mother drove him to a nearby fire station on O'Connor Road, where paramedics took him to a hospital.
The shooting occurred near O'Connor Road and Stahl Park, according to WOAI. The teen suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and told police that someone in a dark-colored SUV shot him before driving away. A separate report from foxsanantonio.com places the call to officers around 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Stahl and O'Connor Road, while the WOAI account places the shooting at about 1:30 a.m. The reports therefore differ on the timing and on when the incident was reported.
WOAI identified the victim as a Madison High School student, and an official with Northeast Independent School District confirmed his enrollment there. The foxsanantonio.com report said police linked the shooting to an altercation at another location and described it as a road-rage disturbance. It also said investigators determined the teen fired first at people in the vehicle; that claim has not been independently confirmed by a police report or court document.
Conflicting Accounts of the Teen's Condition
Accounts of the boy's medical status also diverge. WOAI reported that police said he was in stable condition and expected to recover. The foxsanantonio.com report said he was taken to a local hospital in unknown condition. The available accounts do not resolve the discrepancy.
What other recent cases show
The verified examples available do not establish a complete list of San Antonio cases since 2022 involving teenagers or young adults shot from moving vehicles. According to KSAT, a separate Northeast Side shooting reported on Sept. 15, 2026, in the 8000 block of Midcrown Drive left a teenager with a gunshot wound to the shoulder and life-threatening injuries. The report does not establish that the teenager was shot from a moving vehicle or provide a final outcome or arrest status. A separate case illustrates how a confirmed road-rage shooting can differ from the incident described here. KSAT reported that a March 7, 2025, road-rage confrontation at a Valero near U.S. Highway 181 South and East Loop 1604 South ended in the fatal shooting of Octavian Estrada; Sean Anthony Samaniego was arrested and charged with tampering with evidence. In the current case, the road-rage description comes from one outlet's account, the teen survived the reported leg wound according to WOAI's account, and no arrest had been announced in the available reporting.
As of the WOAI report, investigators had not released a description of the shooter or publicly detailed a motive. No arrest had been announced, and the investigation remained ongoing.
Limits of the comparison
The available material does not establish a verified broader pattern of similar shootings on San Antonio's Northeast or Northwest sides. A KENS 5 report was previously cited for comparison, but the supplied account does not verify enough details about that incident to connect it to this case or support a broader trend.
Drive-by shootings involving young victims have surfaced elsewhere in San Antonio in recent memory. KENS 5 also reported that an 18-year-old man was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop. The supplied sources do not verify where he was treated or his condition. The available sources do not verify a 2024 drive-by shooting involving a 13-year-old boy.
The circumstances of the Northeast Side shooting remain unsettled. The available reports conflict over the timeline and the teen's condition, and the claim that he fired first has not been corroborated by a primary source. Police had not announced whether an arrest was expected.
