Beloved Texas volleyball coach is killed in freak incident while enjoying a rooftop bar with friends

A high school volleyball coach was shot and killed while enjoying an evening on a popular rooftop bar.

Ayden Rose Burt, 28, was hit in the back by a stray bullet just after midnight Tuesday at the Smoke Skybar in San Antonio, police said.

She was a coach and teacher with Jasper ISD and was visiting the city for the Texas High School Coaches Association Conference.

Officers believe the shot came from a random vehicle outside the bar in the vicinity of Interstate 37, reported 12 News.

'She was a mentor to many, and such a fun person to be around. She was the best track coach too,' one of Burt's athletes said in a Facebook tribute.

Burt was reportedly sitting on the top patio of the popular downtown bar with her back to the highway when she was shot.

She was taken to the hospital where she died from her injuries. Police said at shooting was random and they are working to bring justice for her family. 

Jasper Independent School District John Seybold told SBG San Antonio Burt was a track and volleyball coach at Jasper County High School.

Seybold said Burt was attending an event sponsored by a vendor when she was killed. 

She had been with the school district for over five years and recently announced on Facebook she was teaching Senior and Sophomore English classes this upcoming school year after teaching at the junior high school. 

'I can’t thank the family that is [Jasper Junior High School] enough for the educator you have molded me into, how you’ve helped me grow as an individual and for the endless love and support,' Burt said.

'Working with some of my own former teachers, who then became mentors, and then turned into life long friends has truly been a special adventure that I wouldn’t trade for the world.

'I’m not only excited for this opportunity to teach many of my former students again, but also to teach the class that made me fall in love with literature in the first place.'

Burt was loved by the school district and community members called the teacher a 'jewel.'  

'I'm going to miss her. She was one I looked forward to seeing everyday even if it was at school, or swat she was one that never let you fall. I loved her so much, it doesn't even seem real,' said one student.