Man headed to new home gets painful welcome as someone shoots him

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are searching for a suspect who wounded a man in a drive-by shooting on the city’s West Side late Monday night.

Officers were called around 11 p.m. to a home in the 2200 block of San Luis Street, not far from West Commerce Street, after receiving word of shots fired.

According to police, a man in his 40s was walking home when someone in a dark-colored sedan pulled up alongside him and started firing. The suspect fled the scene.

The man was struck in the arm and was taken to University Hospital, where he is expected to recover. The victim’s name has not been released.

A motive for the shooting remains unclear. Despite a search, the shooter has not been found, police said.

The San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio Fire Department and EMS all answered the call.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.