back three suspects Detained after 12 o’clock shooting carried out on austin, Texas Photos emerged on social media this week showing one of them wearing a Pablo Escobar T-shirt. That sparked speculation about the shooter’s motive.
“The gunman in Austin, Texas, was wearing a Pablo Escobar shirt,” journalist Sarah Fields wrote on X . “But the shooting was described as ‘random’ and authorities have still not released the name of the suspect.”
Another user wrote: “A suspect in this weekend’s mass murder in Austin, Texas, was wearing a Pablo Escobar drug cartel T-shirt. Anchor babies, illegal immigrants or asylum fraudsters? Diversity brings more death and destruction to America.”
Escobar was a Colombian drug lord, narco-terrorist, and politician who founded the Medellin drug cartel. In 1993, he was shot dead during a rooftop shootout with Colombian authorities in Medellin, Colombia.
HT.com has not independently verified the photo or whether the shooter was wearing a Pablo Escobar T-shirt.
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said a clear motive for the shooting has not yet been determined, KATV reported.
“I don’t know what motivation would drive anyone to drive around this city and take pictures for no reason,” she said.
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Davis identified two suspects, a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old, KATV reported. The older teen had an outstanding warrant for a firearm theft from the same store where the gun was stolen on Saturday, May 16. David confirmed that both guns used in the shooting were stolen.
When Manor police and Travis County Sheriff’s Office deputies stopped the vehicle, the third suspect fled the vehicle. The suspect was arrested by Manor police hours later.
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All three suspects fled on foot. Because the search area was large and spanned multiple communities, helicopters and drones were deployed to locate the third suspect. Shelter-in-place was initially announced but later lifted.
In 12 separate incidents, shots were fired at fire stations and multiple apartment buildings. This prompted police to go door-to-door to check on residents. Four people were injured in the shooting.
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