Ayden Burt was standing on a rooftop bar while she was in town for a conference, police said.
Ayden Burt, a 28-year-old high school coach from Jasper Independent School District in Texas was visiting San Antonio for the Texas High School Coaches Association Conference when, just after midnight was randomly shot and killed while standing at a local rooftop bar on the 500 block of E. Crockett St., police said.
“Our Homicide Detectives are working to bring justice to Ayden and her family; however, details are limited,” according to a statement issued by the San Antonio Police Department.
Burt was reportedly at the bar with other coaches from across the state when the shooting occurred.
“She was sitting right next to me laughing and talking and the next bleeding in my lap,” said Humble High School football coach Robert Murphy on X. “My coaches did everything they could performing CPR etc to save her life. She was excited about the upcoming year. Traumatizing.”
