Woman in car hit, killed by bullets fired outside East Side bar

SAN ANTONIO – A woman in her 20s is dead following a shooting in a bar parking lot on the city’s East Side early Monday morning, according to San Antonio police.

The incident happened around 12:15 a.m. outside the Tropicana Sports Bar in the 1500 block of South Gevers Street, not far from Interstate 10 and South New Braunfels Avenue.

According to police, an argument had occurred inside the bar just before the woman and two others left. That’s when, police say, someone fired shots and a bullet struck her in the head through the back window of a vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say they do not have a description of the suspect. It is unclear exactly what the argument was about.

The name of the person killed has not been released, pending notification to next of kin.

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

The investigation is ongoing, police said.