A
gunman remains at large after
shooting a six year-old child and three other people outside a
Texas restaurant in San Antonio, it has been reported.
Police were called to the Texas Roadhouse at Cinema ridge at about 8:45pm local time (2:45am GMT).
Four people, including a six-year-old child, were hit when a gunman opened fire outside the restaurant with a semi-automatic handgun- unloading the entire clip.
One of the rounds penetrated the restaurant but no one inside was injured.
The San Antonio Fire Department said all four people were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds.
Two people were in a critical condition and two others, including the child, had non life-threatening injuries.
The six-year-old boy was shot in the leg and the adults remain in a stable condition.
All of the adult victims are in their 20s.
Police said all the victims are related.
The gunman approached the family as they were waiting to be seated, according to police.
Spokesman for the San Antonio Police Department, Chief William McManus, said: “Officers turned up to find two females, one male and one six-year-old child.
“The three adults are in their 20s.
“The child’s wound was not life-threatening, he was shot in the leg.
“There were two that were life-threatening, they were transferred to a local hospital.
“We do not believe that this shooting is random.”
The shooter’s current location is unknown.
Police said the suspect ran towards the Holiday Inn Express.
Chief McManus did not give a description of the suspect because it was “vague”.
But surveillance footage of the shooting shows a gunman wearing a bandana at the time of the shooting.