One person is dead and other is injured but in stable condition after a shooting at the Gus Garcia Recreation Center over the weekend.
At 12:43 a.m. on Feb. 15, Austin Police Department responded to a call about shots fired at the Gus Garcia Recreation Center at 1201 E. Rundberg Lane.
When officers arrived, they located 32-year-old Jamal Elijah with apparent gunshot wounds to his body. Life-saving attempts failed and Elijah was pronounced dead at 1:07 a.m. A second male victim was transported to a local hospital and is reportedly in stable condition.
Homicide detectives later obtained surveillance video that showed Elijah at the recreation center spending time with friends when they were “confronted by a suspect group who shot and killed Elijah.”
APD posted a 29-second surveillance footage clip to its YouTube channel, and it calls the individuals shown in the video “people of interest who the Austin Police Homicide unit are trying to identify,” according to the press release.
Anyone with information about the shooting should contact the Homicide Unit at 512-974-TIPS. You can also submit anonymous tips through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers program at 512-472-8477. The department is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest.
This case is being investigated as Austin’s ninth homicide of the year. The eighth homicide of the year occurred on Feb. 14. Police responded to a residence in South Austin to find two people dead in what was an apparent murder-suicide.
Although that investigation is also still ongoing, detectives believe Rios fatally stabbed Montgomery before taking his own life. Anyone with information about that case can contact APD at 512-974-TIPs or submit an anonymous tip through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program.