WELCOME
WELCOME BACK. WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THAT
DEVELOPING NEWS THAT WE TOLD
YOU ABOUT AT THE TOP OF
THE SHOW SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
SHOT AND TWO OF THEM HAVE DIED.
IT HAPPENED AFTER A SHOOTING
INSIDE A CLUB ON THE RIVERWALK.
THE FIVE REMAINING VICTIMS
ALIVE HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO LOCAL
HOSPITALS. EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER HOLLY STOFFER IS LIVE
FROM THE SCENE NEAR EAST JONES
AND AVENUE B WITH THE LATEST
AND HOLLY WE'RE GOING ON MORE
THAN TWO HOURS OR SO SINCE THIS
HAPPENED I UNDERSTAND POLICE
ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
THE SUSPECT YEAH FELL SO THAT
SUSPECT DID RUN OFF BEFORE
POLICE GOT HERE AND THEY STILL
DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS PERSON
IS. CHIEF MCMANUS ALSO DID NOT
GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF
THE SUSPECT BUT HE IS CONFIDENT
THEY WILL BE IN CUSTODY SOON
ENOUGH. THE SHOOTING DID HAPPEN
AROUND 8:00 TONIGHT. THERE WAS
A CONCERT GOING ON INSIDE
THE VENTURA NIGHTCLUB RIGHT
NOW. OFFICERS ARE STILL HERE
COLLECTING EVIDENCE THEY'RE
LOOKING AT SHELL CASINGS THAT
WERE FOUND IN AND OUTSIDE
THE CLUB. THAT ARGUMENT LED TO
SOMEONE PULLING A GUN AND THEY
STARTED SHOOTING ONE PERSON DID
DIE AT THE SCENE SIX OTHERS
WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
WHERE ONE OF THOSE VICTIMS
LATER DIED. CHIEF MCMANUS DID
NOT GIVE OUT THE NAMES OF THESE
VICTIMS BUT HE SAID THE PERSON
WHO DIED HERE AT THE SCENE WAS
21 YEAR OLD MAN NOTHING MORE
COMPLICATED THAN A A AN
ARGUMENT THAT OCCURRED INSIDE
THE CLUB WITH SOMEONE PULLING
ON A FIREARM AND RIGHT NOW WHAT
POLICE GAVE US WAS PRELIMINARY
INFORMATION THAT COULD CHANGE
AS THEY CONTINUE THIS
INVESTIGATION. IT'S JUST BEEN A
COUPLE HOURS OF THEM BEING OUT
HERE RIGHT NOW. SO THEY'VE GOT
A LOT MORE TO LOOK INTO. WE
WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THEY
RELEASE MORE INFORMATION TO US.
MY DOWNTOWN HOLLY STOVER KENS 5
EYEWITNESS NEWS. ALL RIGHT
HOLLY THANK YOU FOR THAT LIVE
REPORT I KNOW THE CHIEF ALSO
MENTIONED THAT ALL OF
THE PEOPLE SHOP WERE PATRONS OR
VISITORS TO THE CLUB NONE OF
THEM WERE EMPLOYEES AND WE DO
HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS
DEADLY SHOOTING AT A DOWNTOWN
BAR AGAINST SEVEN PEOPLE SHOT
TWO PEOPLE DEAD. THE SUSPECT
STILL ON THE LOOSE AS YOU CAN
SEE EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER
HENRY RAMOS ALSO LIVE AT
THE SCENE. HENRY WHAT MORE DO
YOU HAVE FOR US WELL I FEEL
I'VE ACTUALLY JUST SPOKE TO AN
EYEWITNESS BUT BEFORE I GET TO
THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS
VANTAGE POINT OF WHERE I'M
LOCATED. WE ARE JUST RIGHT HERE
OFF WEST JONES AVENUE BUT YOU
CAN SEE IT JUST RIGHT HERE IN
THE RIVERWALK. THERE'S STILL
CRIME SCENE TAPE WHERE THEY
HAVE IT BLOCKED OFF BECAUSE
JUST RIGHT BACK THAT WAY WHERE
ALL OF THOSE LIGHTS ARE AT.
THAT IS THE BAR WHERE THIS
DEADLY SHOOTING HAPPENED. WE DO
SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE MOVING
STUFF IN AND OUT YOU CAN SEE
THAT GENTLEMAN WALKING OUT.
WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE A COOLER OR
A BOX OF SOME SORT BUT I
ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH A WITNESS
HERE. PHIL IF YOU'LL FOLLOW ME
THIS WAY CLIFF THIS WITNESS
LIVES RIGHT HERE AT JONES IN
RIO THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX JUST
HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHERE
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. THEY
WERE JUST WATCHING FOOTBALL
LIKE MOST PEOPLE ARE ON SUNDAY
NIGHTS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I
WANT YOU TO HEAR WHAT SHE SAYS.
LET'S TAKE A LISTEN. ALL OF A
SUDDEN WE JUST STARTED SEEING A
LOT OF FLASHING LIGHTS AND WE
CHECKED THROUGH THE BALCONY AND
THERE WAS A MAN LAYING ON
THE GROUND WITH HIS PANTS DOWN
AND BLEEDING FROM HIS SIDE
THERE WERE A PARAMEDICS HERE.
THERE WERE MAYBE LIKE THREE COP
CARS IMMEDIATELY. AND I MEAN WE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT HAD
HAPPENED. WE WERE JUST WATCHING
AND OBSERVING WHAT A SHOCK?
AGAIN JUST WATCHING FOOTBALL
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE
SAYS SHE SEES ONE OF
THE VICTIMS JUST LYING THERE
WITH BLOOD RIGHT HERE ON
THE SIDEWALK. THEY WERE
OVERLOOKING THE BALCONY
ACTUALLY SPOKE TO A RETIRED
FIREFIGHTER WHO LIVES HERE AS
WELL. HE SAID WHEN HE HEARD ALL
OF THE COMMOTION IS IMMENSE
TRAINING KICKED IN HE CAME OUT
HE SAW THE PARAMEDICS. HE
OFFERED TO HELP AND WAS ABLE TO
HELP THE PARAMEDICS. THEY WERE
SAYING THOUGH THAT THAT VICTIM
ONE OF THE SEVEN SHOT WAS SHOT
RIGHT HERE ON THE SIDE AND HE
WAS JUST LYING THERE UNTIL
POLICE ARRIVED. POLICE ALSO
WITHIN THE LAST HOUR HAVE
OPENED THIS BLOCK HERE ON WEST
JONES JUST RIGHT DOWN THAT WAY
AS THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF
ART. BUT AS I WAS MENTIONING
EARLIER PHIL THERE'S A LOT OF
DIFFERENT NIGHTSPOTS HERE
AROUND THIS AREA. THE VFW BEING
ONE JUST CLOSE TO WHERE THIS
DEADLY SHOOTING HAPPENED AND IT
SEEMS THAT THAT IS STILL GOING
ON THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE
SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANT TO
SHOW YOU SOMETHING JUST ARRIVED
BACK THIS WAY AND THAT BUS OVER
THERE. THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE RETIRED OR CURRENT
FIREFIGHTERS THEY COME OUT TO
THE SCENES THEY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THESE FIRST
RESPONDERS HAS EVERYTHING THAT
THEY NEED A