AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department has arrested two suspects in a June shooting that left one man dead.
Brandon O. Johnson, 33, was killed near Givens Park in East Austin on Wednesday, June 23. APD arrested Laderious Nicholson, 28, and Sheawna Caldwell, 31, in the investigation.
The Lonestar Fugitive Task Force arrested Nicholson on Wednesday, Sept. 1 and Caldwell on Thursday, Sept. 2.
Nicholson was charged with first degree murder and is booked in the Travis County Jail on a $500,000 bond. Caldwell is also booked in the Travis County Jail. She was charged with aggravated robbery, and her bond is set at $100,000.
Austin-Travis County EMS said medics were called to the scene around 8:25 p.m. on June 23.
The victim was taken to Dell Seton Medical Center with critical, life-threatening injuries, ATCEMS said. Police said Johnson later died just after 9 p.m.
Officials said the calls started coming in around 8:23 p.m. stating there was a person in a car near the tennis courts. When APD arrived, they found Johnson unresponsive in the driver's seat with gunshot wounds.
Officers began to perform life-saving measures, but he was pronounced deceased at 9:07 p.m. The Travis County Medical Examiner's Office conducted an autopsy to determine the official cause and manner of death.
Anyone with more information is asked to contact police. Tips can be made anonymously and could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
This is Austin's 41st homicide of the year.
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