Suspect in custody after 2 shot near Republic Square in downtown Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A suspect is in custody after two individuals have been shot Monday morning close to Republic Sq. Park in downtown Austin, in accordance with the Austin Police Division.

Police stated officers responded to the decision concerning the taking pictures at Fourth and Guadalupe Streets round 7:42 a.m.

Austin-Travis County EMS stated each individuals shot have been taken to the hospital — one had severe accidents and the opposite had accidents that have been much less extreme.

Gabe Deleon works close by. He noticed the taking pictures on his means in and stated he known as 911.

“As I used to be strolling over this manner, I heard what appeared like a gunshot, so I circled, and I noticed a person pointing a gun the wrong way and hearth off 5 extra rounds,” he stated. “I noticed him take off. He jumped on a motorcycle and began working my course. So I simply booked it proper throughout the road and bumped into another person’s workplace.”

Police advised KXAN round 10:15 a.m. a suspect was caught. APD beforehand described him as a Black man sporting a yellow shirt on a motorcycle. Officers weren’t in a position to verify a suspect description following the arrest.

Deleon stated first responders have been in a position to get to the victims rapidly.

“My subsequent thought was I must go examine on these individuals,” he stated. “Fortunately there was a state police officer a pair blocks down and heard it, and he got here all the way down to examine and he already had a tourniquet on one of many man’s legs.”

In an e mail, Capital Metro stated “there seems to have been an altercation involving two individuals at Republic Sq. previous to the incident.” We’re nonetheless ready to listen to extra from authorities about what led as much as the taking pictures.

APD beforehand stated the left bus lane was closed on Guadalupe, however the Austin Transportation Department stated police exercise within the space has since been cleared.

Capital Metro stated the bus cease is one in every of its most used.