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The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified a 24-year-old man who was found dead in a parked car over the weekend.

James Moreno, 24, died of gunshot wounds Sunday afternoon in the 3700 block of Pleasanton Road on the South Side.

A resident called 911 after they found the man in the driver’s seat of a car parked outside an apartment complex.

No information about the shooter was released by SAPD, but they said the investigation is ongoing.

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A woman who died in a fire at a North Side home on Monday morning has been identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Authorities said Debra Briner, 68, died of burns and soot and smoke inhalation at her home in the 100 block of Brightwood Place, not far from Broadway and Nacogdoches Road.

Her husband, also in his 60s, was injured and taken to the hospital. Firefighters also found the couple’s three dogs dead inside the home.

Firefighters were called to the blaze just before 4:30 a.m. and arrived to find flames shooting through the roof.

The home sustained extensive damage throughout it, and firefighters called in an arson team to investigate the cause.

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The Texas Department of Transportation is gearing up for freezing temperatures. Crews are set to start road preparation later Wednesday morning.

The focus will be mainly on major routes such as highways and will be targeting bridges that are known to freeze and make for unsafe driving conditions.

TxDOT says they will be pre-treating the Northwest portion of I-10 between Loop 1604 through both Kerr and San Angelo Counties, along with Loop 1604 on the North Side and I-35 North of Loop 1604 through Comal County.

Crews will be using a brine solution in an effort of keeping roadways from freezing. TxDOT advises the public to stay off the roads, but if you must be out, drive with extreme caution.

TxDOT recommends drivers to slow down and maintain at least three times the normal following distance and use extra caution on bridges, ramps, and overpasses as they are known to freeze first.

It’s also important to keep in mind if your vehicle starts to slide, ease off the gas pedal or brakes, steer into the direction of the skid until you have regained traction then straighten your vehicle.

The Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery will hold a memorial service for unaccompanied veterans on Wednesday morning.

The service will take place at 9 a.m. for veterans whose next of kin is unknown and/or burial arrangements have been made by a public administrator, a VA Medical Center, or any other person who isn’t family.

It is meant to “welcome these veterans into our family to ensure they are never buried alone,” a news release states.

The ceremony is being held in conjunction with Bexar County Military & Veterans Service Center, a program that honors unaccompanied veterans and assists veterans with housing, employment and other needs.

For more information, call 800-535-1117 or visit www.cem.va.gov.

San Antonio police are investigating after a man was shot in the leg while walking behind an apartment complex early Wednesday morning.

Officers were called around 2:30 a.m. to the Culebra Creek Apartments in the 12000 block of Culebra Road, not far from Alamo Parkway and Taft High School after receiving word of a person wounded.

According to police, a man in his late teens or early 20s was walking to his friend’s apartment when he was shot in the leg from an unknown direction.

Police said the victim made it to the third story of the apartment building before he collapsed in front of his friend’s apartment. The man was taken by EMS to University Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.

SAPD said the victim did not give much information, so they don’t have a lot to go on. Officers did however, find a backpack full of narcotics behind the building, police said.

The San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio Fire Department, and EMS all answered the call.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.

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A male driver who was pinned inside his vehicle during a crash was extracted by firefighters late Tuesday night, San Antonio police said.

The crash occurred around 10:40 p.m. on Highway 281 northbound, near Bitters Road on the city’s North Side.

According to police, a man in his 30s was driving when, for an unknown reason, he lost control and jumped the median and rolled the vehicle over.

Police said the driver became pinned inside as a result of the crash. Firefighters had to cut him free from the vehicle.

The driver was taken by EMS to an area hospital with minor injuries. His name was not released.

The San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio Fire Department, and EMS all answered the call.

SAPD said the man was found not to be intoxicated. The investigation into the crash is ongoing, police said.

San Antonio police and Crime Stoppers are looking for three suspects in the robbery of an individual on the city’s Northeast Side.

The incident occurred Dec. 13 around 7 p.m. at a home in the 10500 block of Bledsoe Drive, not far from Randolph Boulevard and Weidner Road.

According to police, three suspects walked into a house displaying weapons and demanded property from the victim. The victim was assaulted and had his items stolen. The suspects then fled in an unknown direction, police said.

SAPD searched the area, but the suspects were not found.

Anyone with any knowledge of the incident is urged to call Crime Stoppers at (210) 224-STOP.

Tips can also be texted to CRIMES (274637) or by visiting the Crime Stoppers website.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest.