Austin, TX
East Austin Shells gas station employee arrested for murder: APD
AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin Police Division (APD) arrested a 25-year-old man for homicide following a capturing in East Austin.
Police mentioned on Jan. 21, round 11:14 p.m., officers responded to a capturing on the Shell gasoline station at 4509 E Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard.
When officers arrived, the discovered 42-year-old Marquis Demps inside a automobile within the gasoline station parking zone with gunshot wounds to his physique. Police mentioned Demps died on the scene.
All through the investigation, detectives decided Demps was concerned in an altercation with an worker of the Shell, 25-year-old Yaseen Naz, throughout which Naz shot Demps.
Yaseen Naz was arrested for homicide and booked into the Travis County Jail.
Yaseen Naz was arrested for homicide and booked into the Travis County Jail. (Austin Police Division)
Anybody with any info ought to contact the Austin Police Division at 512-974-TIPS. Chances are you’ll submit your tip anonymously by the Capital Space Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477.
This case is being investigated as Austin’s sixth murder of 2023.