In the early minutes of Friday, September 5, 2025, Lawrence Thompson, 64, male, was found unresponsive in the hallway of a residence in the 100 block of East Sunshine Drive, near Babcock Road on San Antonio’s Northwest Side. Responding officers discovered that a fight inside the residence had spilled into the hallway, where the confrontation ended.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner determined that Lawrence Thompson, 64, male, died from a gunshot wound to the head, and his death was ruled a homicide. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 47-year-old man who had been involved in the physical altercation with Lawrence Thompson, 64, male, was also found unresponsive when officers arrived; he later regained consciousness and was transported to a hospital with a laceration to his head, according to police. Public incident listings and gun-violence trackers recorded the time and location of the shooting, aligning with the account that the violence occurred just after midnight in that corridor off East Sunshine Drive.
As of the initial identification report, authorities had not announced any arrests in the killing of Lawrence Thompson, 64, male, nor publicly named a suspect. Coverage characterized the case as an active homicide investigation stemming from the fight that immediately preceded the shooting. Memorial and incident pages likewise note his death and list the case among San Antonio’s 2025 gun homicides without indicating that a suspect had been apprehended.
