S.A. law enforcement searching for wrong-way driver who may have fired at trooper near Stone Oak

CaptionCloseSAN ANTONIO — Area law enforcement are searching for a suspect who they believe may have fired on a state trooper Monday after being caught driving the wrong way on U.S. Highway 281 near Stone Oak.Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Orlando...

S.A. law enforcement searching for wrong-way driver who may have fired at trooper near Stone Oak

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SAN ANTONIO — Area law enforcement are searching for a suspect who they believe may have fired on a state trooper Monday after being caught driving the wrong way on U.S. Highway 281 near Stone Oak.

Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Orlando Moreno said the trooper was traveling northbound on 281 in the area between Evans Road and Bulverde Road when he saw a brown Toyota Venza traveling southbound in his lane at around 9:30 a.m.

The trooper tried to pull the vehicle over and then heard a loud pop, which he believed to have been a gunshot, as the suspect fled the scene, according to DPS.

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Moreno said the trooper lost sight of the vehicle shortly afterwards.

Helicopter units patrolled the area around Loop 1604 and U.S. Highway 281 Monday morning searching for the suspect.

The trooper was not injured, and there were no bullet holes in his squad car.

Roxane Dorn, administrative assistant at Buckner Fanning School at Mission Springs, said the campus was placed on lockdown around 10:30 a.m.

She said they were told the suspect was headed in their direction, and that their sister school, Specht Elementary School, had also been placed on lockdown. Officials at Specht were not immediately available for comment.

Dorn said the lockdown at Buckner Fanning was lifted around 11:40 a.m.

The San Antonio Police Department and the Bexar County Sheriff's Office assisted in the search.

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