A man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition Tuesday evening after a possible road-rage shooting on San Antonio's Southwest Side, according to police. The shooting was reported just after 5 p.m. in the 1300 block of Kyle Street, near Southwest Military Drive and South Zarzamora Street.
Police said the confrontation did not start where the victim was found. According to KSAT, the shooting began on a nearby street and ended in a parking lot, where the injured man was ultimately located. The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition, the outlet reported, citing police.
Details on what led up to the shooting, including the identities of those involved, have not been released. As KENS 5 noted, the situation remained developing Tuesday evening, with the station saying it would continue to update its reporting as more information becomes available.
A Pattern San Antonio Keeps Seeing
Tuesday's shooting adds to a string of road-rage incidents that have drawn scrutiny across the San Antonio area this year. Earlier this month, a jury found a San Antonio man guilty of killing a father in a road-rage shooting from early last year, a case that unfolded on the city's Northwest Side. That shooting happened in January 2025 in the 6700 block of Spring Hurst Drive, after the shooter allegedly followed the victim, Jay Whitemountain Morales, into his own neighborhood, per the same account.
Prosecutors presented evidence that the shooter, Eric Vasquez, fired five times at Morales after Morales got out of his vehicle to open his trunk, where a firearm was kept. A jury convicted Vasquez and sentenced him to 25 years in prison. Bexar County ranks second in Texas for aggressive-driving incidents, according to traffic-safety researchers cited by the station.
Road Rage's Toll Across Texas
The danger is not confined to San Antonio. Texas recorded 604 road-rage shootings from 2014 through 2024, resulting in 172 deaths, according to data reported by Spectrum News. The Houston area alone accounted for 267 of those shootings and 76 of the deaths during that span, making it the deadliest metro in the state for the phenomenon.
That toll has continued this year. On Sunday, a 49-year-old man named Pablo Miguel Angel was killed in a suspected road-rage shooting in Montgomery County, according to FOX 26 Houston. Investigators said the shooting followed a minor collision or traffic encounter in which both drivers stopped and got out of their vehicles before the suspected shooter approached Angel, shot him with a handgun and fled. In September, Harris County deputies investigated a Cypress roadway shooting in which a driver allegedly fired multiple shots at another vehicle, killing a 5-year-old girl, per Spectrum News.
Crime Down Overall, But Assaults Climbing
Tuesday's shooting comes even as San Antonio's broader crime numbers have been trending downward. The city recorded a 6.1% decline in overall crime during the first nine months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to the San Antonio Report. SAPD reported 80 homicides through September, down sharply from 126 during the same stretch in 2025, and total offenses fell to 98,363 from 104,760.
But not every category moved in the same direction. Crimes against people rose 1.5% during the first nine months of the year, the San Antonio Report found, and reported assaults climbed 2.2%, to 22,950 offenses compared with 22,454 over the same period in 2025. No arrests or charges connected to Tuesday's Kyle Street shooting have been announced, and the circumstances that led to the gunfire remain under investigation.
