Security guard shoots, kills armed man inside slot machine room on East Side, San Antonio police say

A security guard shot and killed an armed man inside a San Antonio slot machine business early Wednesday morning, according to police.

The shooting happened around 12:40 a.m. at KJ’s Playroom in the 4400 block of Hunnicut, not far from South WW White and Interstate 10.

According to a San Antonio police sergeant, a man in his 30s walked into the business holding a gun.

The security guard and the man got into a brief struggle over the weapon before the guard stepped back and shot the man, police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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