SAN ANTONIO – Police surrounded the Exxon gas station after a couple of San Antonio Police officers reported being attacked by a group of teens Monday night.
The problem outside the gas station on Roosevelt Avenue and SE Military Drive started when an elderly man asked a police officer, who happens to be an SAPD helicopter pilot, for help with three teenage boys who were messing with him.
“I just heard pop, pop, pop,” said Connie DeLaRosa as she described a series of gunshots she heard coming from the gas station. “Then I heard two more pops.”
Witnesses say gunshots rang out moments after one officer approached the teens. Investigators say two of those boys attacked the officer.
The policeman was able to get one of the guys in a headlock, according to investigators.
The other two suspects quickly drove off in a black car, but the driver came back to the gas station lot and ran into a woman who was trying to help police. Her frightened children were just a few steps away.
“I know their mom is kind of hurt, but hopefully she’ll be alright,” said Jesse Corrales, the victim’s brother.
Investigators say the teenage driver continued chasing a second officer around the parking lot. That policeman fired several shots at the suspect’s car as it hit the officer’s leg.
The three teens have been arrested. A policeman and a good Samaritan are in the hospital with injuries from the suspect’s car. Another police officer has injuries from a scuffle with the teens.
"Everyone was fortunate that no one else was injured,” said San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus.
