Sonic Drive-In employee shot dead during altercation with customers, police said

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police say a Sonic Drive-In employee was shot and killed late Sunday night during an altercation with a customer in the city’s northwest area.

The shooting occurred around 9:40 p.m. at a Sonic restaurant in the 5500 block of Babcock Road, off Huebner Road and near the Medical Center.

According to police, the Sonic employee, a man in his 30s, got into an argument with a customer over money and the customer’s order. Then, police say, the customer shot the employee and left the store. The employee died at the scene.

Police said the shooter fled in a vehicle and investigators are now reviewing surveillance video from the business to get a description of the attacker. No arrests have been made yet.

The name of the man killed has not been released pending notification of next of kin.

Both the San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio Fire Department and the San Antonio Emergency Services responded to the emergency call.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.