AUSTIN, Texas — No charges have been filed after a homicide outside a restaurant in North Austin on Wednesday, July 24, the Austin Police Department (APD) said.
According to police, officers responded to a robbery at the Taste of Home Handmade Dumplings restaurant at 10901 N. Lamar Blvd. around 10:30 p.m.
The caller, identified as 51-year-old Hao Li, said someone had tried to rob him with a knife and he had shot the suspect. He said the suspect, later identified as 57-year-old Chup Prum, then fled the area.
Investigators say Hao had exited the restaurant when he saw Prum on a bicycle. Prum then pulled out a knife and approached Hao. Hao then pulled out a gun and shot Prum.
Prum rode off on his bicycle and returned home but was later transported to a hospital, APD said. He died from his gunshot wound on July 28.
Police have not filed charges in the case, which was staffed with the Travis County District Attorney’s Office on Monday, Aug. 5.
The case is being investigated as Austin’s 37th homicide of 2024.