TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Deputies are investigating a shooting that killed a man early Friday morning in southeast Travis County and asking the public to help identify a suspect.
The Travis County Sheriff’s Office shared the homicide happened at a business located in the 5600 block of South U.S. 183, which is close to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Deputies said they initially responded to a call there at about 12:25 a.m. for reports about a “disturbance involving a gun,” according to a news release.
Deputies said they found a man dead in the parking lot with several gunshot wounds.
The sheriff’s office reported that witnesses saw the suspected gunman drive from the scene northbound on U.S. 183 in a white Ford two-door pickup truck with a toolbox in the truck’s bed. They also released photos and a description, saying he is Hispanic, in his 20s-30s and last seen wearing a white short-sleeved polo, jeans, white Nikes with a black swoosh and a white ball cap over a blue durag.
“The investigation to this point indicates this is an isolated incident and there is no perceived threat to the community,” the sheriff’s office said.
Deputies are not yet sharing the shooting victim’s name until there’s positive identification by the Travis County Medical Examiner and notification of family.
Anyone with information about the deadly shooting is asked to call the Travis County Sheriff’s Office tip line at 512-854-1444 or Crime Stoppers at 512-472-8477.