SAN ANTONIO – A woman was killed in a shooting while she was walking home on the Northwest Side overnight on Thursday.

Around 3:05 a.m. police said three people were walking around the 5900 block of Danny Kaye when they were robbed. A suspect pulled out a gun and demanded their belongings before firing several shots.

The woman was shot nine times and her male companion was shot once. Both of the victims were transported to University Hospital where the woman was pronounced dead by 3:45 a.m.

According to investigators, the suspect was a black man wearing all black with something covering his face.

San Antonio police are investigating.