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What we know about the Windsor Hollow shooting that left a 4-year-old girl dead and four other family members injured

SAN ANTONIO – It was a brazen, cold-blooded crime. Two adults and three of their children were shot and killed by gunmen who fired 30 shots into their townhouse in northeast Bexar County. A four-year-old girl was killed; The other family members were critically injured.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar believes the gunmen knew who they were targeting and wanted to cause “maximum damage.”

Here’s what we know about the crime, the suspects and the victims.

What happened

Around 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, a gray car – believed to be an Infinity Q50 – drove up Windsor Oaks and stopped just past the intersection of Windsor Hollow Drive. Two men got out of the vehicle, ran to a townhouse at 6706 Windsor Hollow Drive and fired nearly 30 shots into the house before running back to their car and driving away toward Walzem Road.

Multiple home surveillance cameras captured the shooting. Much of what investigators know about the incident comes from the videos. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office released the video and photo stills in hopes of identifying the suspects.

The townhouse is located just outside the city limits of San Antonio in northeast Bexar County. Salazar said the crime was not accidental; The house was targeted.

“They were absolutely intent on taking lives,” Salazar said.

What we know about the suspects

The men appeared to be in their 20s, Salazar said.

Both shooters were wearing balaclavas and at least one was wearing tactical gear.

Investigators believe that both were carrying Draco AK-47 weapons and fired 30 7.62 caliber rounds. Salazar said the bullet caused a “devastating wound.”

Salazar said there may have been others waiting in the vehicle.

On Friday, Salazar said they found a vehicle that matched the car driven by the shooters. It was found near Alamo Ranch by an off-duty police officer who was walking his dog. The car was reported stolen from Converse a few days ago.

Suspects in the fatal shooting of a 4-year-old girl at a home in the 6700 block of Windsor Hollow Drive near the intersection of Walzem Road and Woodlake Parkway on May 9, 2024. (Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.)
An image from a neighbor’s surveillance camera footage shows the car containing two people who set fire to a home on Windsor Hollow Drive on May 8, 2024. (KSAT)

The investigation

Salazar said several BCSO units are focused on this case, including criminal investigations and organized crime investigators.

Anyone with information is asked to call BCSO at 210-335-6000 or email information to [email protected].

On Thursday, Salazar said that while they were not yet ready to release the names of potential suspects, investigators were narrowing down their identities.

He said if the men were captured, everyone involved would be charged with murder.

What we know about the victims

The victims include a man, a woman and three of their children. Their names have not been released publicly.

The grandmother of the injured children informed KSAT of the extent of their injuries.

  • 4-year-old girl: Died from her injuries.

  • 7-year-old boy: bullet stuck in arm; underwent exploratory surgery and the spleen was removed.

  • 8-year-old boy: bullets in his knees; had surgery.

  • Woman, 25: Stable; Condition unknown

  • Man, 27: Stable; Condition unknown

A family member told KSAT that the family has a fourth child, a 2-year-old boy who was staying with a neighbor at the time and was not injured.

On Thursday, Salazar said there were other people in the home at the time who were uninjured.

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