Officer-involved shooting in North Austin; police provide new details

APD releases new details on shooting

A teen is recovering after an Austin police officer shot at him. The officer claims the 16-year-old was involved in a drive by shooting just minutes before. FOX 7 Austin CrimeWatch reporter Meredith Aldis reports.

AUSTIN, Texas - A teen is recovering after an Austin police officer shot at him. The officer claims the 16-year-old was involved in a drive-by shooting just minutes before.

The backstory:

Police said five people were in the car during the drive-by shooting. Court records reveal one of them has already been sentenced and will be out of jail in less than 20 days.

An Austin police officer is seen on dash camera footage following a car full of young men in North Austin.

"He just shot at someone on the curb. Someone's down at Northgate and Rundberg," the officer is heard saying on the police traffic.

The officer said he just saw the car involved in a drive-by shooting.

Officer-involved shooting in North Austin

Austin police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in North Austin that took place on October 12.

"He witnessed a passenger pull a gun out of the passenger side window and fire. It appeared to the officer that he struck a person, a person on the sidewalk fell to the ground," Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said.

The officer then followed the car. The body-worn camera video shows the officer push the button in his vehicle to put on his overhead lights.

"The people in the car did say they knew the police were behind them, but his lights and sirens were not activated," Chief Davis said.

The body-worn camera video shows the officer say ‘Stop, Austin Police’ and then he fires his gun twice.

"When I'm looking at this and looking at all the things I know, there was still a threat in his mind that this person could either, if they got away, could shoot someone else. Were they coming back around to shoot the person that they had just shot at? What was going on inside that vehicle?" Chief Davis said.

Officer-involved shooting update from APD

FULL NEWS CONFERENCE: The Austin Police Department provides an update on the officer-involved shooting that happened in North Austin on October 12.

The car kept going for about a block. It was later found with a 16-year-old inside. He had been shot in the neck. The other four people in the car ran away. Three of them were caught; 23-year-old Jose Aguirre-Guevara, 17-year-old Doriah Joseph Almendares Santos, and a 14-year-old. Police are still looking for one more person.

Chief Davis said when they went back to find the person who was believed to be on the sidewalk after being shot, they didn’t find anyone, but they did find ballistic evidence.

The 16-year-old is at the hospital being treated.

The officer is on administrative leave while he’s being investigated. He has been with the department for about a year and a half.

What you can do:

Anyone with information is encouraged to call APD’s Special Investigation Unit at (512) 974-6840 or Capitol Area Crime Stoppers at 512-472-8477. For the Capitol Area Crime Stoppers submission, you may submit a tip online at austincrimestoppers.org. You may remain anonymous.