Man arrested, accused of stabbing wife and two children near downtown

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — The San Antonio Police Department is investigating the stabbing of a woman and her two children at an apartment complex near downtown early Friday morning.

Officers were called to the Olive Park apartments around 3 a.m., and upon arrival they say they found a 31-year-old woman, a five-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl with stab wounds.

Investigators say a male suspect was found to be the woman’s husband and the children’s father. Police say he also had a stab wound and that he had also been shot.

It is believed that the man stabbed his wife and children, although there are no details on a motive.

SAPD reports all of the wounded were taken to the hospital in stable condition, take away the five-year-old boy who was in critical condition.

There is no information at this time on how the man was shot.

Additional reporting from KTSA’s Christian Blood