Investigators focused on bullet holes in a fence behind the home.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — San Antonio police detained a man Tuesday after two children were shot inside a home where bullets pierced walls and entered a bedroom before dawn.
The shooting drew a large police response to the 4000 block of Comanche Sunrise, where detectives began tracing the path of bullets through a fence and into the home. Police said the children were taken to a local hospital and were expected to survive.
Officers responded around 4:30 a.m., according to one police account, while other early reports placed the call closer to 2:30 a.m. Police said residents woke to gunfire before the children told adults they had been shot. Investigators found bullet holes leading toward the room where the children had been sleeping.
Police said the man detained at the scene was being questioned as part of the investigation. Officials did not immediately say whether he lived nearby, whether he had a connection to the family or whether prosecutors would file charges. Early reports said police believed he may have been shooting at a fence behind the house.
Detectives were also searching for the firearm. Police said an EAGLE helicopter assisted officers as they looked around the area. The fence behind the home had several bullet holes, which investigators viewed as possible evidence of the gunfire’s direction.
The children’s exact ages were reported differently in early accounts, ranging from elementary school age to 6 and 10 or 7 and 9. Police had not released their names. Officials also had not released a final medical update beyond saying the children were stable or had non-life-threatening injuries.
The case remained active Tuesday, with police still sorting out the timeline, the source of the shots and whether the gunfire was targeted or reckless. No final charge information had been announced by late morning.
Author note: Last updated June 30, 2026.