Police said the incident happened at 2022 E. Slaughter Lane. Author: Jeff Bell Updated: 11:25 PM CDT April 29, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas Austin police have launched a homicide investigation after a man was shot and killed in southeast Austin on Thursday night.
Police said the incident happened around 6:50 p.m. at 2022 E. Slaughter Lane, at Goodnight Commons Apartments.
Officers responding to shots fired found a young man with gunshot wounds near the stairwell.
An Austin ISD police officer nearby also heard the shots and responded. Life-saving measures were attempted but the man died on the scene, police said.
One person has been detained, but it s unknown if they are a suspect or a witness, police said.
19-year-old dies after being shot at Southeast Austin apartment complex, police say
A 19-year-old was was fatally shot Thursday night at a Southeast Austin apartment complex, according to Austin police.
Officers responded around 6:50 p.m. Thursday to a call about a shooting at the Goodnight Commons apartments, east of the intersection of East Slaughter Lane and Bluff Springs Road, police said.
Police found the 19-year-old, who has not been identified, with multiple gunshot wounds.
In a media briefing held hours after the shooting, officer Demitri Hobbs, a police spokesman, said investigators think the teenager was shot near an outside stairwell at the apartment complex.
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