AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department has arrested a suspect linked to a shooting and robbery at an area H-E-B on Oct. 30.
Police first responded to the grocery store at 12407 MoPac Expressway Service Road northbound around 10:10 a.m. after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting the shooting.
Upon arrival, police found an H-E-B employee who had been shot twice. They were taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
In their investigation, police learned that the employee had attempted to help a customer who was a victim of a robbery. The employee was eventually shot in the process of helping that victim. Police said the employee was treated and released on the same day.
Police said the suspect fled the scene in a vehicle. Officials later found that vehicle and took the suspect, 37-year-old James Davis, into custody. A firearm was located in the process.
Davis has been charged with robbery by assault, aggravated assault and felon in possession of a firearm. He was booked in the Travis County Jail on a $750,000 bond.
Anyone with information about this incident or other violent crime is asked to call the APD Aggravated Assault Unit at 512-974-5245.
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