Man dead after homicide at downtown Austin gas station
Jan 18, 2025
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police are investigating a homicide at a gas station parking lot in downtown Austin.
Officers responded to a call around 3:05 a.m. regarding a man with a gun at the Citgo gas station on 7th Street, according to the Austin Police Department. Officers found a man with possible gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in the parking lot. He later died at a hospital.
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APD said detectives were interviewing witnesses, and one person was detained but not in police custody at the time.
Police believe this was an isolated incident with no threat to the public. Information about the homicide can be sent to APD's homicide tip line at 512-974-8477 or the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program at 512-472-8477.
Police are investigating the death as Austin's third homicide of 2025.