APD Kills Again
Austin police shot and killed Alexander Gonzales and injured his girlfriend, Jessica Arellano, in Southeast Austin shortly after midnight on Jan. 5, following an alleged altercation between Gonzales and an off-duty Austin Police Department officer while both were driving in the 2500 block of Wickersham Lane. Gonzales and Arellano's 2-month-old son was in the backseat of the car and was not injured. The officer claims to have been cut off by Gonzales, who, the officer told investigators, pointed a gun. This prompted the officer, not in uniform and in a private vehicle, to fire a numbe...