Neighbors still on edge nearly two weeks after shooting of Northeast Side store clerk

SAN ANTONIO, TX – Nearly two weeks after an apparent robbery ended in the shooting of a Northeast Side store clerk, San Antonio police continue to search for a suspect.

Residents around El Sendero Street and Thousand Oaks, meanwhile, still live in a precarious situation.

“I just hope they catch it because then we can rest a little easier, you know, be a little more relaxed here,” said Erica Jaramillo, who works at a business next to El Sendero Food Mart, where the shooting took place in May. 22.

“For them to come in and do something like that, randomly, it kind of feels like it could happen to us,” Jaramillo said.

Like other neighbors, Jaramillo said she had taken precautions since the day of the shooting, only allowing customers inside after being checked by security.

The shooting next door was captured on surveillance cameras inside this family-owned convenience store.

The day after the shooting, store owner Vikas Gohil shared this video with KSAT 12 News in hopes it could lead to the suspect's arrest.

However, so far, police said they have not found the man.

The video shows the man wearing a mask and hoodie enter the business, then walk toward the back of the store before finally walking toward the counter.

As he approaches the clerk, the suspect suddenly pulls out a gun, points it and fires it almost instantly, the video shows.

The employee can be seen trying to call for help as his shirt turns bright red from the blood.

The police and EMS soon arrive and rush him to the hospital.

Gohil said Tuesday morning that his 33-year-old employee was recovering and was expected to return to work soon.

Neighborhood residents also hope that any day now they will learn that the suspect has been arrested.

“He can't hide forever, so they'll catch up to him eventually,” said Geronimo Perez, who lives near the store. “If he's stupid enough to shoot someone and get nothing, then he's not smart enough to get away with it.”

Perez attributes the crime to a trend he says he's noticed in the neighborhood over the past decade. According to him, crime seems to be increasing in the region.

Meanwhile, others in the area are focusing on this particular crime and hoping the man in the surveillance video will be held in prison soon.