Details are still sketchy, but San Antonio, TX., residents and local reporters are spreading word about a shooting at a local movie theater:
Shooting at the Mayan Theater here in San Antonio. Details very sketchy right now. Latest on the Nightbeat at 10:24
— John Honoré (@JohnHonore) December 17, 2012
Here's a look at the scene at the Mayan Theater from photographer Tim Stewart. #KSATnews pic.twitter.com/fknW8ivV
— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) December 17, 2012
Awaiting official word fr/ SAPD Mayan 14 theater shooting. Witnesses say shots fired in lobby, started outside theater. Update to come.
— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) December 17, 2012
There was a shooting here in San Antonio at the Mayan Movie Theater….. Ugh what is wrong with this generation…
— The Boy Chin Wonder (@rashadxwhite) December 17, 2012
Another shooting, at a San Antonio movie theater, bro world is fucking up…no people are fucking up! Damn nigga can't go anywhere now#shit
— ⚪Black N' White⚫ (@Dneal1111) December 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/MissCharityLove/status/280545245492572161
NOW A SHOOTING IN A MOVIE THEATER IN SAN ANTONIO!?
The world is honestly going to turn into a huge crime scene. #AreTheMayansRight
?— Colten (@ColtenLane) December 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/YungStet/status/280544684491812866
In San Antonio Texas there was a shooting at a movie theater several people injured, what is this world coming to?? Lord help us
— Shortyseyes (@shortyseyes) December 17, 2012
Shooting at a San Antonio movie theater. Not sure what the details are but what is this world coming to. #weneedjesus
— David D (@DuranDuran2009) December 17, 2012
We’ll continue to update as new details come in.
SAPD investigating shooting at Mayan movie theater http://t.co/ihDUKXg7 #woai #sanantonio
— News 4 San Antonio (@News4SA) December 17, 2012
The shooting occurred just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
Antu said the suspected shooter shot a man at nearby China Garden, located in the parking lot of the 1900 block of South West Military Drive. The shooting then moved toward the Mayan movie theater, where an off-duty Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy working security saw the suspected gunman armed.
Antu said the deputy shot and hit the suspected gunman. Both shooting victims were not immediately identified by Antu. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is the lead agency in the case, he said.
It appears from the above news account that this was not a mass murder akin to the Aurora, Co., movie theater massacre. Still awful whenever blood is shed, but as some San Antonio residents are noting, the heightened sensitivity to shootings inside or in proximity to movie theaters is a little strange in the context of larger gang violence in the city that gets ignored every day:
https://twitter.com/countryjms/status/280573031800242176
Lmao San Antonio is trending cus of the shooting.. I bet it was over some stupid little gang shit, not a psycho with a Itchy trigger finger
— Marcusss (@SupraMac_2jz) December 17, 2012
Apparently the shooting in San Antonio was gang related. Well okay then.
— Justin Russo (@FlyByKnite) December 17, 2012
Through radio traffic, states 3 people are possibly dead and could now be a hostage situation that’s gang… http://t.co/kgIsPRDl
— Americansforcommon (@AmerForCmmnSnse) December 17, 2012
And a little fact-checking:
To those who keep posting "RIP San Antonio victims!" NO ONE DIED!
— Taylor (@TCBrissette) December 17, 2012
Latest info: Two were wounded.
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