Shane James, 35, is accused of killing his parents in Bexar County before traveling to Austin to kill four others.
A man accused of killing his parents and four others in a shooting spree that spanned from San Antonio to Austin felt “impending doom” in the moments leading up to the killings, according to an arrest warrant.
Shane James, 35, is accused of killing his parents, Shane James Sr., 56, and Phyllis James, 55, at their Bexar County home in the 6400 block of Port Royal Street in December. Authorities believed he then drove to Austin and killed four others: Emmanuel Pop Ba, 33, Sabrina Rahman, 25, Katherine Short, 56, and Lauren Short, 30. He is currently being held at the Travis County jail. According to an arrest warrant issued in Bexar County last month, investigators with the sheriff’s office traveled to Travis County to interview James in December. There, James provided details about the events leading up to the shooting. James said he was feeling “impending doom” and getting worse. He also watched YouTube videos in his bedroom and angrily posted notes on his wall. READ MORE: Shane James, accused of killing 6 people from Bexar County to Austin, had long history with the law He told investigators that he went downstairs to the kitchen to ask his father a question, and his father made a joke, leading him to go upstairs to load his 1911 .45 caliber gun and shoot his father twice in the head. He then went to his parents’ bedroom and shot his mother in the head, James told investigators. “Shane didn’t want his mother to suffer and shot her a second time in the head,” the affidavit states. James dragged their bodies to the primary bathroom, where deputies would find their bodies the next day. He took the money from his mother’s purse and traveled north in his father’s Nissan Versa, records said. After his arrest in Austin, James asked investigators if they’d contacted his parents. He smirked when they said they were working on it, according to the arrest affidavit. In Travis County, James is facing four counts of capital murder, two counts of aggravated assault against a public servant for allegedly shooting two police officers and one count of aggravated assault mass shooting. In Bexar County, James is being charged with capital murder of multiple persons. Sandra Pickell, a spokesperson with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, said James has not been formally charged because he is in Travis County, but she confirmed the county submitted a warrant for his arrest for capital murder on May 16. Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales previously said it would take a while before Bexar County has its turn with James. After the shootings, the Travis County District Attorney’s office said James would stay in custody pending trial. Gonzales indicated it could take a year or longer. ALSO READ: Austin police release video of shooting linked to Shane James Jr. James was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army at Fort Cavazos, formally known as Fort Hood. Family members told police that James was diagnosed with schizophrenia after being discharged from the Army for family violence and that his mental health had worsened. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said deputies responded to seven calls for disturbances at the home on Port Royal between April 2018 and August 2023. In one of those cases, James was accused of assaulting his parents and another family member in the home. In another, deputies were called to the home after James’ family reported him having a mental health crisis. Salazar said James was naked, had barricaded himself in his room and refused to let anyone in. Deputies had to speak to James through a crack in the door. Additionally, an Austin Police Department police report from March 2018 stated that James made troubling comments to a pastor after taking an Uber from San Antonio to a church in Austin. When police were called, James told an officer that a woman named “Tawny” told him he was going to be “gunned down.” Gonzales said James would be extradited to Bexar County, where he will be charged in the deaths of his parents after Travis County finishes its prosecution.
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