Austin police said a preliminary investigation indicated the shooting 'started as a disturbance between two groups of people' and was not a 'random act.'
Sunday afternoon that a suspect was in custody. They said a preliminary investigation indicated the shooting"started as a disturbance between two groups of people" and it was not a"random act." , Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday said prior to the shooting, there had been a total of 31 arrests and 19 firearms has been seized in downtown Austin.
Downtown streets are seen nearly empty on July 14, 2020 in Austin, Texas. Austin public health officials reported 657 new cases of COVID-19 in Travis County on Monday.There were several shootings in the same area of East 6th Street, a downtown tourist nightlife staple, last summer. In June 2021, a tourist from Michigan was killed and 13 others were shot in Austin's worst mass shooting in seven years, according to the Statesman.
There were also two separate shootings at the end of the the 2019 SXSW festival, one on East 6th Street and another hours later on nearby East 7th Street. earlier this month that there will be a"strong presence" downtown to prevent gun violence during SXSW. But he said some officers would be pulled from their regular assignments to patrol the downtown area.
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