AUSTIN, Texas — Police arrested a 19-year-old man early Thursday after two people were shot at a South Austin motel Wednesday night, according to the Austin Police Department.
Officers responded to a report of shots fired at the Super 8 Motel at 4200 S I-35 Frontage Rd. at about 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
Officers found two victims with gunshot wounds and performed life-saving measures before Austin-Travis County EMS took them to a hospital, according to police. One victim was in critical condition, and the other suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
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Officers searched the area but did not immediately locate a suspect, according to police.
A separate 911 call later reported shots fired near the 1100 block of W. Live Oak Street, police said. Multiple patrol officers and APD’s Air Support unit responded and located the suspect, identified as Elijah Jorge Zuniga, according to police.
Zuniga was arrested and booked into the Travis County Jail, police said. He faces two charges of aggravated assault involving the reckless discharge of a firearm from a motor vehicle, one charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and one charge of evading arrest with a motor vehicle, according to police.