Two dead after shooting at Market Square, San Antonio police say [Video]

SAN ANTONIO — Fiesta celebration at Historic Market Square was interrupted by deadly gunfire late Saturday night when two young men started shooting at each other and were eventually killed, San Antonio police officials say. 

It’s unclear how exactly they died or what led up to the shooting, but Police Chief William McManus said officers working near the stage intervened when they heard the shots ring out in the area of South Santa Rosa and Dolorosa. McManus initially said that six bystanders were hurt, but clarified later in a post on X that four were injured; of those, two were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

“We have a very busy crime scene here,” McManus said around 1:30 a.m. “We’re trying to sort everything out.”

Just after midnight, officers working the stage heard shots ring out. 

“We had two officers return fire, …