A man was shot dead Saturday night during a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin.
The protest was largely peaceful, with cops there monitoring the scene, when a confrontation erupted and 5 gunshots rang out.
Before opening fire, the shooter, who was driving a car, sped at the protesters in an apparent attempt to strike them., reportedly was protesting, carrying a rifle and approached the shooter's car, and that's when he was struck., claims her son was pushing his fiancee in a wheelchair before the shooting. She says,"This gentleman got out of his car and started firing shots, and my son was shot three times."The victim reportedly was carrying a rifle and came up to a vehicle.
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