{"id":986918,"date":"2026-08-07T14:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/986918\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T14:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:37:19","slug":"shooting-outside-san-antonio-council-members-office-sparks-violence-prevention-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/986918\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting outside San Antonio council member\u2019s office sparks violence prevention push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 A shooting outside San Antonio District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez\u2019s East Side field office prompted a statement from the council member Thursday, calling for stronger security measures and renewed investment in violence prevention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">San Antonio police officers responded to the shooting around 5 p.m. Thursday in the 2900 block of East Commerce Street. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">No staff members or visitors suffered serious injuries in the shooting. One person was grazed by gunfire, McKee-Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cI am deeply grateful that no members of my staff, visitors to our office, or the children impacted by the incident suffered serious injuries,\u201d McKee-Rodriguez said. \u201cMy thoughts are with everyone affected, including the individual who was grazed by gunfire, and am thankful for the swift response of the San Antonio Police Department and first responders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">He said that staff who witnessed the shooting would be given at least Friday off and connected with support resources. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">McKee-Rodriguez also said there will soon be a review of security protocols at the office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cThis incident is also a painful reminder that public safety requires more than reacting after violence occurs,\u201d McKee-Rodriguez said, citing violence interruption, mental health services and youth opportunities as key prevention strategies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The San Antonio Police Department is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Read also:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A shooting outside San Antonio District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez\u2019s East Side field office prompted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":986919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,9734,17797,7202,7203,7725,101,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-986918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-america","tag-east-side","tag-jalen-mckee-rodriguez","tag-san-antonio","tag-sanantonio","tag-sapd","tag-shooting","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117054737395743190","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/986919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}