AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department has arrested a suspect in connection to a fatal shooting that apparently occurred over a dispute regarding a stolen car.
An arrest warrant for 18-year-old Matthew Gonzalez was issued on July 30. He was arrested by members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force the next day. He is being held at the Travis County Correctional Complex on a $1 million bond.
At around 3 p.m. on July 13, the APD said multiple people called 911 about shots that were fired at an apartment complex located at 2400 Wickersham Lane. 911 callers said that a man was on the ground.
When police arrived, the man, who was identified as 38-year-old James Anthony Walker, was taken to a hospital where he died at 3:51 p.m.
Multiple people have been identified in connection to the shooting, Austin police said.
The APD said that so far, detectives believe the man's death is related to a dispute about his car, which was stolen three days earlier.
Anyone with information or video of the shooting is asked to call the homicide unit at the department at 512-974-TIPS or use the new Crime Stoppers App or email APD Homicide at homicide.apd@austintexas.gov.
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