AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department (APD) has arrested 17-year-old Micah Marshall in connection with the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl at a northeast Austin apartment complex in June.
Marshall is accused of shooting Mikalah Franklin at The Bridge at Harris Ridge apartment complex in the early morning hours of June 6. He is charged with first-degree murder.
Austin police said calls came in of multiple shots fired in the area of The Bridge at Harris Ridge apartments on Howard Lane at around 1:30 a.m. on June 6. When police arrived on the scene, they found a teen girl, later identified as Franklin, suffering from head trauma and gunshot wounds. She was taken to Dell Children's Medical Center, where she later died.
A bond has not been set for Franklin, and the investigation into the shooting is still ongoing.
This shooting is being investigated as Austin's 31st homicide of 2023.