Officer-involved shooting at NE Austin apartment complex leaves 1 dead

1 dead after officer-involved shooting

One man is dead after police say he was shot be another officer at an apartment complex on Howard Lane in northeast Austin.

AUSTIN, Texas - Austin police are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting that occurred at an apartment complex in northeast Austin on Tuesday.

Police say the incident happened in the 1500 block of East Howard Lane near Dessau at The Bridge at Harris Ridge apartments complex.

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Timeline of events

APD gives update on officer-involved shooting

APD officials give an update on the deadly officer-involved shooting at an apartment complex in northeast Austin.

Here is a timeline of events, according to APD:

1:18 p.m.: APD received a gun hotshot call at 501 E Howard Lane. The caller said there was a man in the parking lot firing a rifle.
1:25 p.m.: The first officers arrived at the scene. They reported that a man was standing in the parking lot pointing a gun at them.
1:27 p.m.: Both officers exited their vehicle and took cover. The subject was still pointing the gun at them, and officers were unsure if the firearm was a rifle or a BB gun.
1:28 p.m.: The suspect yelled that he wanted officers to shoot him as he stood behind a van. Officers continued to give verbal commands for the subject to drop his weapon, identifying themselves as APD officers.
1:29 p.m.: Officers reported shots were fired, and that the suspect was down after an officer shot him.
1:30 p.m.: Officers began to render medical aid on the subject.
1:48 p.m.: Medics with ATCEMS pronounced the subject dead at the scene.

APD says the officer who shot the suspect has been with the department for four-and-a-half years.

Some viewers expressed concern about the man's body not being covered up after he was shot.

"As officers were responding, please know that we were attempting to make the scene safe in addition to render medical aid. It wasn't until we were able to get enough units on scene to where we could properly make sure that the body was protected from public view," APD Interim Chief Robin Henderson said.

Witnesses, neighbors react

Witnesses described seeing a man shot in the head laid out in the parking lot.

One neighbor across the street said he heard a couple of gunshots, and this is not the first time a shooting has happened at the complex.

"There's two rumors going around," Lil C, who lives in the same building as the man who was shot, said. "They say he was playing with a BB gun with kids, and someone else said he was actually pointing a gun."

"It's always nerve-wracking because you think about things like stray bullets and such," said neighbor Kelly Blume. "I also understand just living in a dense environment, these sort of things happen. I don't want any more of it to happen."