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AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin Police Department has named a suspect in Thursday evening’s shooting in Northeast Austin<\/a>.<\/p>\n APD also says the shooting was prompted by an argument over renting a moving truck.<\/p>\n PREVIOUS REPORTING: Man killed in Northeast Austin shooting: APD<\/a><\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Austin police say officers responded to a shoot\/stab hotshot call at around 5:42 p.m. on April 2 at the Penske Rental Truck facility at 8201 Tuscany Way.<\/p>\n The caller reported a man had been shot.<\/p>\n When officers arrived, they found two men next to another man on the ground with visible gunshot wounds. Officers gave the man, identified as 39-year-old William Rogers, medical aid until ATCEMS could arrive.<\/p>\n However, Rogers passed away at a local hospital just before 7 p.m.<\/p>\n APD says the investigation so far shows Rogers, 28-year-old Javarus Crumpton and a third person were acquaintances and worked as movers. The trio had met up to rent a moving truck.\u00a0<\/p>\n An argument ensued over the deposit, and APD says Crumpton shot Rogers.<\/p>\n Crumpton and the third person remained on scene and are cooperating with investigators.<\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n No charges have been filed, and no arrests have been made in this case.<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n APD says the Travis County DA’s office has been informed about the case.<\/p>\n The investigation is active and ongoing.<\/p>\n FOX 7 Austin has reached out to the DA’s office for comment.<\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n Anyone with information is asked to contact Austin Police at 512-974-TIPS.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tips can be submitted anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by clicking here<\/a> or calling 512-472-8477. A reward of up to $1,000 may be available for any information that leads to an arrest.<\/p>\n The Source: Information in this report comes from the Austin Police Department and previous reporting by FOX 7 Austin.<\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Northeast Austin<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin Police Department has named a suspect in Thursday evening’s shooting in Northeast Austin.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1046,223,33934,394,216,393],"class_list":["post-234832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-northeast-austin","tag-travis-county","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}