Texas DPS and Austin Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting at Avalon Palm Apartments that left an armed domestic violence suspect dead.
that turned deadly. Four APD officers and one state trooper used their weapons against an armed man suspected of domestic violence.
Interim Austin Police Chief Robin Henderson says the suspect retreated into an apartment where a woman and child were believed to be inside. The officers called for SWAT but soon decided they didn't have time to wait, and went in. “As officers entered the apartment, the suspect began firing a gun at the officers and the officers returned fire striking the male,” says Chief Henderson adding, “Officers then began providing commands to the male in order to safely detain him.
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