TABC shuts down Terminal Six for two months after New Year's shooting

AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission has shut down a Sixth Street bar for two months following a shooting on New Year's Day that injured two people.

TABC has issued an emergency 60-day suspension for Terminal Six on Jan. 3. The suspension went into effect shortly after 12 p.m.

TABC, along with the Austin Police Department, continues to investigate the shooting.

“Terminal Six has been in place since about mid-2017. We currently have four open complaints against the business we are investigating. There was additionally one complaint shortly after they first opened and they received a written warning for breach of the peace,” said Chris Porter with TABC's public information office.

The bar owner told Fox 7 he has decided to shut the bar down and sell it.

The shooting took place around 1:30 a.m. Jan. 1 and left a 19-year-old man with a graze wound to his arm and a 19-year-old woman with a thigh wound. Both were transported to an area hospital and neither injury is expected to be life-threatening.

Section 11.614 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code authorizes TABC to suspend a business' permit for up to 90 days if the commission "determines that the continued operation of the permitted or licensed business would constitute a continuing threat to the public welfare," says TABC.

The suspect APD is looking for is described as a black man in his mid-20s to mid-30s, between 5'7" and six feet and 160 to 180 pounds, with long black dreadlocks and a trimmed beard. He was last seen wearing a multi-colored, long-sleeved shirt.

Anyone with information about this incident or this suspect is asked to call the APD Aggravated Assault Unit at 512-974-5245 or Detective Schmidt at 512-974-4459 and reference the case number 20-0010317.

Individuals may also utilize Crime Stoppers at 512-472-TIPS or use the new Crime Stoppers app. or submit tips by downloading APD’s mobile app, Austin PD, for free on iPhone and Android.