AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin Police Department is investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting that left a teen dead.
What we know:
The incident happened at around 5:30 a.m. in 10100 block of Baden Lane near Dessau Road.
APD Chief Lisa Davis says one 911 call was received from a male individual who said that there was a young person in the area with a handgun in his waistband who was at times brandishing the gun.
Officers arrived at a park and approached a person who matched the caller’s description.
Chief Davis says officers asked the person if they could talk to him. The person responded and told officers he was okay.
Officers gave directions to make sure they could see the person’s hands and Chief Davis says that’s when the person “very quickly, very suddenly” raised his sweatshirt with one hand and, with the other hand, reached into his waistband.
Chief Davis says officers fired several shots and the person was pronounced dead at the scene.
The person who died, Chief Davis says, is the same person who called the police. She says it is a potential suicide by police situation.
Chief Davis says the person who died lived in the neighborhood where the shooting happened.
The person who died has only been identified as a 17-year-old teen.
Chief Davis said at a news conference that there was no gun located at the scene but that it was a water bottle in his waistband.
The Source: Information from Austin Police Department Chief Lisa Davis news conferences.