A man was shot by a San Antonio police officer Friday night after exchanging gunfire during a burglary at a storage facility on the Northwest Side, according to Police Chief William McManus.
Officers responded to the facility just before 10 p.m. Friday in the 8700 block of Fredericksburg Road following reports of a burglary.
Upon arrival, officers found a man inside one of the storage units, McManus said at the scene. As they confronted him, the man fired approximately three times at the officers, McManus said.
The chief said one of the officers returned fire, striking the man.
The man was taken to a hospital for further treatment.
No other injuries were reported.
According to a Saturday preliminary report, the officer, who shot at the man, is a probationary officer with less than on