'The kid was a psycho': Neighbors not shocked by S.A. mom's killing

WINDCREST — Police arrested a man in his 30s Wednesday accused of shooting his mother to death at a home in the small San Antonio-area community.

Windrest Police Department Chief Al Ballew said officers responded to a welfare check call around 10:10 a.m. in the 8900 block of Willmon Way.

When they arrived, they found the woman dead from an apparent gunshot wound. A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene within minutes of authorities arriving on scene.

Ballew said police believe the 62-year-old woman is the suspect's mother and that she was shot overnight. He declined to identify the suspect and his mother by name.

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Windcrest police investigate a fatal shooting of a woman in her 60s at a home in the 8900 block of Willmon Way on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Windcrest police investigate a fatal shooting of a woman in her 60s at a home in the 8900 block of Willmon Way on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Photo: Caleb Downs Photo: Caleb Downs Image 1 of / 62 Caption Close 'The kid was a psycho': Neighbors not shocked by S.A. mom's killing 1 / 62 Back to Gallery

Helen Grossman, 88, lives across the street from the home where the victim was killed. She said she heard two loud bangs Tuesday evening.

"I thought they were fireworks," she said.

Her daughter, 68-year-old Barbara Cannon, said she's not surprised the man is accused of killing his mother.

"The kid was a psycho," she said.

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Cannon said the suspect, who was in and out of mental hospitals several times over the past few years, has been a problem in the neighborhood for more than 5 years. She said the victim was "scared to death" of the suspect.

"It was a matter of time," Cannon said.

Police found multiple weapons inside the home, including the firearm with which the suspect allegedly killed his mother.

"This is very rare," Ballew said, adding the last homicide investigation in Windcrest was in 2012. "We pride ourselves on a low crime rate here. This wasn't a random act. There's no danger to the [Windcrest] residents."

Ballew said the suspect will be transported to the Bexar County Magistrate's Office later Wednesday.

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