Overview
- Deputies responded shortly after 6:30 a.m. to the 100 block of Mallow Grove in far West Bexar County, where a 42-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Sheriff Javier Salazar said Courtney Renee Hooper, 36, had been dating the victim and that an argument over a car and a cellphone escalated before the shooting.
- Hooper gave deputies home-security video she said would exonerate her, but the sheriff said it showed no assault and appeared incriminating.
- Hooper’s children were present during the incident and were placed in Child Protective Services custody, and authorities said the firearm was legally possessed.
- Citing seasonal increases in family violence, Salazar called the case part of a broader holiday surge in domestic-violence incidents and asked anyone with information to call 210-335-6000.