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Authorities release video of a shooting in San Antonio that left a 4-year-old dead

Warning: The video in this story may be disturbing to some viewers.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office released video of a shooting in San Antonio that left a four-year-old child dead and two other children injured.


Sheriff Javier Salazar held a news conference at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday where he said officers responded to a shooting at a townhouse in the 6700 block of Windsor Hollow.

When they arrived, they discovered that five people had been shot, including three children under the age of ten. He added that the victims were taken to a local hospital where a four-year-old girl died from her injuries.

The sheriff added that the surviving victims are seven and eight years old, as are the children’s parents, who are 25 and 27 years old.

Video provided by BCSO shows two people getting out of a silver vehicle and shooting at the house. Authorities believe the first shooter was a white or Hispanic male who was wearing a gray hoodie and red shoes. The second shooter was dressed all in black. Both shooters wore balaclavas or ski masks.

Based on the shooter’s movements and build, Salazar believes the suspects are men in their teens to late 20s.

Salazar said the men were armed with a “Draco,” street slang for a smaller pistol variant of the AK-47. According to Salazar, the gun’s short barrel affects the way the cartridges are fired.

“The rounds are falling as soon as they come out of this gun,” Salazar said. “So when they hit, they hit flat. It is a devastating wound that is powerful.”

Salazar said investigators recovered 32, 7.62 rounds.

Authorities shared a stock photo of a medium to dark gray Infiniti Q50, which they believe is the same vehicle the suspects were seen in.

Regarding the motive, Salazar said that the suspects were surgical and were intent on causing maximum harm to the residents of the house.

“Will it be my great pleasure to charge these two men with murder in due course? Absolutely, it will. I can promise you that,” Salazar said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office at (210) 335-6000 or email [email protected].