{"id":346298,"date":"2026-06-22T23:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/346298\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T23:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:52:11","slug":"2-arrested-in-connection-with-deadly-east-riverside-autozone-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/346298\/","title":{"rendered":"2 arrested in connection with deadly East Riverside AutoZone shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas  \u2014 Police have arrested <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austin-police-release-video-of-suspect-in-fatal-east-riverside-autozone-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">two men<\/a> in connection with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/1-person-dead-in-se-austin-homicide-investigation-underway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shooting death of a mechanic<\/a> who was robbed while working in the parking lot of a southeast Austin AutoZone last week.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s Tactical Intelligence Unit, the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and the Travis County SWAT Team.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austin-police-release-video-of-suspect-in-fatal-east-riverside-autozone-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Austin police release video of suspect in fatal East Riverside AutoZone shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Both men also face first-degree aggravated robbery charges stemming from a separate incident, for which multiple warrants were issued the same day.<\/p>\n<p>The case is being investigated as Austin&#8217;s 27th homicide of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Austin Police at 512-974-TIPS or submit an anonymous tip through Capital Area Crime Stoppers at <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austincrimestoppers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">austincrimestoppers.org<\/a> or 512-472-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Police have arrested two men in connection with the shooting death of a mechanic who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-346298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346298","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=346298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}