dpPolice are investigating Darian Alexandre Rangel’s, 17, death as a murder
SAN ANTONIO – A missing teenager, previously the subject of a discontinued AMBER Alert, was found dead last week on the North Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
SAPD said Darian Alexandre Rangel, 17, was found dead Friday around 7:50 p.m. with gunshot wounds in a field of grass near Wurzbach Parkway and Vista Del Norte.
Rangel’s death is connected to the decomposed body found with gunshot wounds, according to SAPD. Shell casings were located nearby.
The Texas Department of Public Safety discontinued the teenager’s AMBER Alert Sunday.
On Monday, Rangel’s death was ruled a homicide by a medical examiner. His death is being investigated as a murder, a SAPD preliminary report said.
DPS issued an alert on Sept. 10 to locate Rangel who was last seen Labor Day on the West Side.
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