A shooting involving tree workers occurred July 17, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. While three men were cutting a tree, a vehicle approached and two men in the car got into a verbal altercation with the men cutting the tree. One of the tree cutters was then shot in the leg. He was uncooperative and did not provide much information to police. It was unknown what led to the shooting or if it had anything to do with the tree cutting. The victim was taken to the hospital with noncritical injuries, according to a KENS5 report.
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