Car with bullet hole found submerged in Lady Bird Lake pulled from the water
Car found submerged in Lady Bird Lake pulled from the water
Austin police are investigating after finding a submerged vehicle while responding to a call about a shooting on Lady Bird Lake.
AUSTIN, Texas - A car with a bullet hole was pulled out of Lady Bird Lake on Monday.
Austin police said just before 2:30 a.m., on May 1, officers got a call about a shooting at the Festival Beach boat ramp east of I-35 near Chicon and Nash Hernandez Sr Rd.
When they arrived, they found a vehicle submerged in the lake. It took officials nearly 10 hours to pull that car out of the lake.
FULL VIDEO: Dive team searches water after car found submerged in Lady Bird Lake; recovers vehicle
Police say they were responding to a call about a shooting at the Festival Beach boat ramp when they found a car submerged in Lady Bird Lake.
When the sun came up, the dive team searched the water and the vehicle was recovered, but no one was found inside.
FOX 7 Austin reporter Amanda Ruiz saw investigators focusing in on a hole located on the back bumper of the car. It looked similar to a bullet hole.
Austin police refused to say if the shooting call was related to the car submerged.
Police say they will continue to investigate what happened.