Man dressed as Freddy Krueger shoots 5 people at party

SAN ANTONIO – A man dressed as Freddy Krueger is a suspect in a shooting where five people were shot.

San Antonio police are searching for two people involved in the incident.

According to police, one of the suspects was wearing a Freddy KruegerĀ costume at the time of the shooting.Ā 

The trouble started around 5 a.m. Sunday when the men arrived at a house in the 2900 block of Aspen Meadow.Ā 

The two men got into a fight with someone at the party and one of the suspects then pulled out a gun and fired, said police.

Investigators say the suspects then took off. Ā 

Police said five people, four men and one woman, were shot and taken to University hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Cassie Nogueron lives next door. She said she called 911 when she heard the gunfire.

ā€œI know the sound of gunshots. We go to the gun range and you recognize the sound. It’s loud. It’s scary,ā€ Norgueron said. ā€œWe just heard them and thought, ā€˜Oh no! What’s going on?ā€™ā€

William Warren also heard the gunshots.

ā€œIt woke me up in the middle of the night,ā€ he said. ā€œI heard a bunch of yelling and screaming and hollering… Next thing I know I heard a couple of shots and then four of five shots after that and I could see the flashes and everything.ā€

Police are looking into whether there are other victims. So far no arrests have been made.


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