AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was pronounced dead on Friday night after police responded to a 911 call about a man with a weapon in southeast Austin.
According to Austin Police Department, officers reported to the 2600 block of South Pleasant Valley Road around 6:32 p.m. after a caller said they saw people in a car doing drugs — one of whom reportedly had a gun in his hands.
The caller said the man also put the gun in the air at one point.
APD Police Chief Brian Manley said in a briefing Friday night that after the suspect — said to be a Hispanic man in his 40s — refused to comply with officers’ commands, a “non-lethal” shot was fired at the suspect.
Manley says that after this, the suspect got back into the vehicle and drove out of the parking space — at which time the lethal gunshot was fired.
Manley says that it’s believed the incident is possibly linked to several crimes, including burglaries and an evading arrest incident. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital at 7:46 p.m.
APD says the officer who fired the less lethal shot is a member of the latest cadet class and has been on the street for three months. The officer who fired the fatal shot from a rifle has been with the department for five years, APD says.
Police say the investigation is ongoing and they are working to get a warrant to search the vehicle to find the weapon the suspect reportedly had.
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