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Investigators closer to arrest in deadly birthday party shooting

Deputies said 22-year-old Terrell Stephans was killed when gunfire broke out at a birthday party on Countess Road on Saturday. (News 4 WOAI)
Deputies said 22-year-old Terrell Stephans was killed when gunfire broke out at a birthday party on Countess Road on Saturday. (News 4 WOAI)
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Updated: 12/11/2012 10:28 am
SAN ANTONIO -- Bexar County Sheriff's Deputies are getting closer to making an arrest in a shooting that left one man dead and two other people wounded, including a 13-year-old girl.

Deputies said 22-year-old Terrell Stephans was killed when gunfire broke out at a birthday party on Countess Road on Saturday. According to investigators, Stephans and a guest at the party got into an argument, and Stephans asked the man to leave. They said the man then took out a gun and started firing into the birthday crowd, hitting and killing Stephans.

Two others were also wounded. Thirteen-year-old Cora Lopez was shot in the head. She remains at University Hospital in a coma. A third person was shot in the shoulder and is expected to recover.

Sheriff's deputies are still questioning witnesses.

Plans for Stephans' funeral are still pending.

If you have any information about this shooting or the suspect, please immediately contact the Bexar County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Unit at 210-335-6010.

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