AUSTIN, Texas — Police have arrested two men in connection with the shooting death of a mechanic who was robbed while working in the parking lot of a southeast Austin AutoZone last week.
Israel Medina, 19, and David Perez, 26, were taken into custody June 19 at 14011 FM 969 following a joint operation involving the Austin Police Department’s Tactical Intelligence Unit, the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and the Travis County SWAT Team.
Jose Salgado-Amador, 28, was shot and killed late June 15 while working as a mechanic in the parking lot of an AutoZone at 2237 East Riverside Drive. Investigators said a suspect confronted Salgado-Amador, demanded property and shot him before fleeing in a vehicle. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital just over an hour after the shooting.
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APD Homicide detectives obtained a capital murder warrant for Medina on June 19. Medina had been out on bond on a separate auto theft charge at the time of his arrest. Perez was charged with first-degree aggravated robbery for his role in the murder.
Both men also face first-degree aggravated robbery charges stemming from a separate incident, for which multiple warrants were issued the same day.
The case is being investigated as Austin’s 27th homicide of 2026.
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