AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department said Friday that a man has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at an apartment complex on East Riverside Drive early Tuesday morning.
Police said at approximately 4:28 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 911 received a call of a man being shot in an apartment located on the 4500 block of East Riverside Drive. APD officers, along with Austin-Travis County EMS medics, arrived on the scene and found a man with obvious trauma.
Despite life-saving measures, the man was pronounced dead at 4:47 a.m. He was later identified as 30-year-old Rony Adaly Hernandez.
Police said homicide investigators and crime scene technicians arrived to interview witnesses and process the scene. Through their investigation, homicide detectives were able to identify a suspect who had fled the scene before police arrived.
On Wednesday, Jan. 19, the Travis County medical examiner conducted an autopsy and determined Hernandez had died as the result of gunshot wounds. At approximately 1:15 p.m. that same day, the Lonestar Fugitive Taskforce arrested 22-year-old Evaristo Aguirre for an outstanding family violence/strangulation warrant. Aguirre was booked into the Travis County Jail.
On Thursday, Jan. 20, homicide detectives filed a first-degree murder warrant for Aguirre. Bond was set at $100,000 for the murder warrant and $30,000 for the strangulation warrant.
Anyone with information or video of this incident is asked to call APD Homicide at 512-974-TIPS, email homicide.apd@austintexas.gov, call the Crime Stoppers tip line at 512-472-8477 (TIPS) or use the Crime Stoppers app. You may remain anonymous. Information leading to an arrest may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. You can also submit tips by downloading APD’s mobile app, Austin PD.
According to APD, this is Austin's third homicide of 2022.
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