1 arrested in connection with deadly shooting outside Austin sports bar
Nov 04, 2024
Editor's Note: The Austin Police Department corrected the location of the shooting. This story has been updated.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police arrested a man in connection with a homicide near a north Austin sports bar where one person died Friday.
Clayton Taitague, 20, was arrested and will be charged with first-degree murder when he is discharged from the hospital, police said Monday.
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Police identified Tyler Cochran, 30, as the victim. He died at the scene.
The shooting happened early Friday morning outside of Michelobos Sports Bar on East Braker Lane. The Austin Police Department said officers responded to the bar at 1:43 a.m. after a 911 caller said two men were critically shot.
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Police found the victim and the suspect with gunshot wounds. A police investigation found that Cochran and Taitague were in a verbal-turned-physical disturbance. Taitague got a gun and shot Cochran, then a security employee shot Taitague.
Police said Taitague is in critical but stable condition as of Monday.
Police are investigating the shooting as Austin's 56th homicide of 2024.
Austin police are expected to give an update on the investigation Monday at 11 a.m.