Police have charged a man in the April killing of an Austin man who was shot at more than 40 times, according to an arrest affidavit.
Cyron Lee Carter, 28, is charged with killing Joshua Williams, 35, on April 3 in the Williamson County portion of Northwest Austin, according to the affidavit released Thursday. Police determined that two shooters, including Carter, each fired more than 20 rounds at Williams, the affidavit said.
Austin police said Friday that more charges are pending. They declined to comment on additional suspects. No one else had been charged in the shooting as of Friday.
According to the affidavit, Williams was involved in a relationship with Carter’s girlfriend. Police confirmed the relationship because of text messages on Williams’ phone, the affidavit said.
Police were notified at 12:43 a.m. April 3 about the shooting at 10906 Brazoria Lane, where Williams lived, the affidavit said. Officers found Williams in his car, where he was pronounced dead at 1:09 a.m. His girlfriend told police that she had just called Williams and told him their food order was arriving, and he had told her he was at the front entrance of their gated community, according to the affidavit.
The girlfriend said she then heard gunshots, came out of their house and found Williams in his car, the document said.
Police received several anonymous tips that Carter was one of the people involved in the fatal shooting, the affidavit said. The callers knew facts that were not public, according to the affidavit.
Detectives viewed video from the entrance gates that showed Williams entering the community in his car followed by a white Nissan Sentra that sped through without using a gate code, the affidavit said. Police said they were able to get the license plate number of the vehicle. Video from a toll highway camera showed the vehicle about an hour before the shooting traveling on U.S. 183 North, the affidavit said. The video showed the driver had multiple tattoos on his arm and was wearing a white T-shirt with green writing.
Police believe the driver was Carter because a video from a store at Barton Creek Square taken a few hours before the shooting showed him wearing the same shirt, the affidavit said. The video also showed his tattoos, police said. Carter’s cellphone was turned off during the time of the shooting, the affidavit said.
“People who commit violent crimes often leave their cellphones behind, turn the cellphone off or disconnect from service,” according to the affidavit.
Carter was being held at the Travis County Jail on Friday with bail set at $400,000.