Homicide victim identified; 3rd death on same South Austin road

AUSTIN, Texas - Police have identified the victim in another homicide in South Austin.

Austin police say at around 10:35 p.m. on October 16, officers responded to a shooting in the 2100 block of Burton Drive. 

The caller told police there was gunfire and that someone had been shot.

Officers arrived and found 20-year-old Keshawn Ramonce Cage, with a gunshot wound. 

Cage was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are investigating and say that an unidentified suspect shot Cage and that the motive is not known at this time.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Austin Police Department at 512-974-TIPS. You may submit your tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or by calling 512-472-8477. A reward up to $1,000 may be available for any information that leads to an arrest.

This is the third homicide on Burton Drive that police are investigating in the same week on a road where in four months, five homicides have been reported.

The first homicide on Burton Drive this year happened on July 18. Austin Police said Jose Ramon Lizarraga Boca Negra was found shot dead inside an apartment. No arrests have been made in this case.

Not even a week later, another person was found dead. Detectives said on July 23rd, a man and a woman decided to try to find their stolen vehicle in Austin themselves. They pulled into an apartment complex on Burton Drive and police said 34-year-old Alex Trevino Garcia stabbed the driver of the stolen vehicle, 23-year-old Javier Antonio Navarro Quesada. The passenger of the stolen vehicle admitted they were there to buy drugs.

On October 14, two people were found dead in a vehicle at an apartment complex on Burton Drive. 

Sherles Gregorio Machado-Hernandez has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the deaths of Francis Kaina Anseume Corredor and Bryan Florentino Flores Alvarez.