SAN ANTONIO — A southeast side resident is out of the hospital after getting shot in the knee overnight.
According to SAPD officials, the victim was sleeping in his apartment in the 7800 block of S New Braunfels when his next-door neighbor's visitor accidentally discharged his rifle around 12:20 a.m.
The neighbor's visitor told police he was visiting a friend at the apartment complex and had his rifle out because a man who was running from SAPD officers jumped into the balcony of the apartment they were in, armed with a knife.
After the suspect ran away, the neighbor's visitor attempted to put the rifle away, but it accidentally discharged, going through the wall and hitting next-door neighbor, Cory Rivera, 23, in the knee.
Rivera's family member, who didn't want to be identified for fear of retaliation, said he spent six hours in the hospital.
"It was very, very insane. I mean, you wouldn't expect this to really happen to someone, including your own family member," she said. "Thank God it didn't hit an artery or anything because it could've just been completely worse."
She said Rivera will most likely move out of the apartment complex.
There's no word on whether there will be any charges at this time.
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