Off-duty deputy dies in Austin bar parking lot shooting
FOX 7 Austin••nation
Key Points:
- A Caldwell County sheriff's deputy was fatally shot early Sunday morning in the parking lot of Club Rodeo in Austin, with the victim later identified as a deputy from the Caldwell County Precinct 3 Constables Office.
- The suspect was apprehended on the same day by the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force with assistance from Austin Police Department Air Support, K9 units, and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
- The investigation is ongoing, with detectives working to determine the motive and circumstances of the shooting, and police are urging witnesses or anyone with video evidence to come forward.
- Local vendors and residents described the area around Club Rodeo as increasingly unsafe, citing recent incidents of violence and calls for improvements
