AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police say a man is in custody following a 14-hour crime spree, terrorizing multiple gas stations, firing shots and threatening workers across the city.
Thirty-seven-year-old Alexander Sanabria is accused of robbing five gas stations between 11 p.m. Sunday and 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Sanabria was booked on numerous charges after the violent crime spree that ended with a high-speed chase. The cases are still under investigation.
Police said it all started with a shooting at a gas station on Nuckols Crossing Road in southeast Austin, at the corner of East Stassney Lane, where Sanabria is accused of firing multiple shots into the store.
A store employee there recognized the gunman on social media and called police.
Then, on Monday morning before 9:30 a.m., he fired a shot at a gas station on Scofield Ridge Parkway in North Austin, after he demanded a gas pump be opened for him.
Just a few minutes later, Sanabria is accused of robbing gas from a gas station at gunpoint in nearby Pflugerville. Police said he also robbed cash from a gas station at the corner of Braker Lane and Research Boulevard in northwest Austin.
A few hours later, Sanabria also stole cash from the QuikTrip gas station on FM 969 in East Austin.
Finally, police arrested him on Monday afternoon, following multiple high-speed chases that ended with a crash that injured Sanabria.
Inside the car, police found the gun used in the robberies, as well as clothing matching security footage.
Sanabria is now in the Travis County Jail facing multiple charges.