SAPD: Shooting suspect on the run after hours-long standoff cleared at West Side home

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After an hours-long standoff Thursday at a West Side home, a man police said shot his wife in the head is on the run. Police cleared the home at about 9 a.m. to find that 27-year-old Horbelio Tores Pichinte was not in the home.

Police said they thought Pichinte had barricaded himself in the house after he allegedly shot his wife during an argument.

Police were dispatched to the home just before 2:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Randall Avenue, near SW 30th Street and San Fernando Street, after a domestic disturbance call.

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The woman, 37, was transported to University Hospital in stable condition, police said, adding that she was grazed in the head with a bullet.

There were children in the home at the time of the incident but were all able to get out.

Pichinte has an active felony warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Crime Scene Investigators are on the scene.

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Priscilla Aguirre is a breaking news reporter and general assignment writer. Read her on our breaking news site, mySA.com, and on our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com | priscilla.aguirre@express-news.net | @CillaAguirre