AUSTIN, Texas — Police released the 911 call that preceded the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Anthoneil Williams II in Northeast Austin last month.
Austin 911 received the call at 3:51 a.m. on July 24 reporting that a young person was possibly armed in a parking lot in the 10100 block of Baden Lane. Investigators later determined that the call came from Williams’ own phone.
Although CBS Austin has chosen not to post the audio due to the nature of the incident, a transcript of the call, released by police, is below:
Dispatcher: Austin 911. Do you need police, fire, EMS or mental health services?
Caller: Police.
Dispatcher: To what address?
Caller: 10110 Baden Lane.
Dispatcher: 10110… And what’s the—
Caller: Baden Lane. B-A-D-E-N Lane.
Dispatcher: 10110 Baden Lane. This is a house, apartment, or duplex?
Caller: It’s a parking lot.
Dispatcher: Okay. All right. What’s going on?
Caller: There seems- I’m looking out my window. There seems to be a kid, and it looks like he has a gun. I’m not sure, but he keeps on- I’m not sure, but he keeps on messing with his waistband. And I seen something in his hands. It looked like a firearm, but I’m not sure.
Dispatcher: When you say kid, how old?
Caller: I’m not sure. He just looks very young.
Dispatcher: So like a teenager?
Caller: Yes, sir.
Dispatcher: Okay. Is he, like, brandishing it? Or does he just happen to have it?
Caller: Brandishing it, I would say. Yeah. I’d say brandishing it.
Dispatcher: Towards someone? Or is he just by himself?
Caller: By himself.
Dispatcher: Okay.
The call then disconnected, according to police, and could not be reconnected. Police radio traffic released alongside the call captured officers being dispatched to the report of a “gun hot shot” at the address with the “complainant stating he sees a kid with possibly a gun.”
They worked to pin down the exact location using a what3words location marker, and officers eventually confirmed they had “eyes” on a subject matching the description at the community pool and park near Baden Lane and Arborside Drive.
Moments later, radio traffic captured officers reporting shots fired.
Police said officers repeatedly told Williams to show his hands after arriving at the park around 4 a.m. Police released slowed-down surveillance video and said Williams appears to lift his shirt, reach toward his waistband, then extend both hands in front of him as if pointing a weapon at officers, prompting three officers to open fire.
Investigators have said the incident may have been “suicide by police.” The three officers involved remain on paid administrative leave, per department protocol.