Twitter catches San Antonio mapping mistake in CNN's coverage of apparent murder-suicide at Lackland

CNN mistakenly pegged San Antonio on the Texas coast in their national coverage of the apparent murder-suicide at the Medina Annex of Lackland Air Force Base on April 8, 2016. CNN mistakenly pegged San Antonio on the Texas coast in their national coverage of the apparent murder-suicide at the Medina Annex of Lackland Air Force Base on April 8, 2016. Photo: Courtesy Of Jon Nicosia Photo: Courtesy Of Jon Nicosia Image 1 of / 50 Caption Close Twitter catches San Antonio mapping mistake in CNN's coverage of apparent murder-suicide at Lackland 1 / 50 Back to Gallery

In CNN’s national coverage of an apparent murder-suicide at Lackland Air Force Base’s Medina Annex Friday morning, San Antonio was mistakenly pegged on a map as being a coastal city somewhere between Houston and Corpus Christi, according to an image shared widely on Twitter Friday.

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Twitter user Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) captured the flub and shared it on the social media site.

“Dear CNN. That’s not where San Antonio is,” he tweeted.

The photo spurred a barrage of responses while people flocked to sites like Twitter to learn details of the breaking news story.

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“In the race to be first, CNN screws up again,” user @thwhited said.

According to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, the bodies of two men, who have yet to be identified, were found in a room of Forbes Hall at the annex. Additionally, two firearms were discovered lying near the bodies.

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“It’s unclear whether one individual had both guns or each man had a weapon,” according to a previous mySA.com report.

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