Store clerk shoots man during dispute

SAN ANTONIO —Police are investigating a shooting at an East Side convince store between a clerk and a man the clerk says came into the store and provoked an argument.

A man walked into a Shell Station on the 1500 block of New Braunfels Avenue around 11 p.m. and began arguing with the clerk, according to police at the scene. The clerk said he told the man to leave but the altercation escalated outside.

The store clerk told police she saw the male reached into his pants, for what he thought was a gun.

Police say the clerk then pulled his own firearm and shot at the man in the abdomen.

The male was taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center in serious condition.

Police said the clerk is being detained and charges are pending, as the male did not have a weapon.

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