{"id":346491,"date":"2026-06-23T02:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T02:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/346491\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T02:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T02:55:08","slug":"2-arrested-in-connection-with-homicide-at-southeast-austin-autozone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/346491\/","title":{"rendered":"2 arrested in connection with homicide at southeast Austin AutoZone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Investigators said the victim was working as a mechanic in the parking lot when the suspects allegedly demanded property and shot him before leaving.<\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Two people have been arrested after a man was killed in a shooting in southeast Austin<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n

The Austin Police Department said 19-year-old Israel Medina was charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting, while 26-year-old David Perez is charged with first-degree aggravated robbery for his alleged role in the homicide.<\/p>\n


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APD said law enforcement received an initial call around 10:47 p.m. on Monday, June 15, about a shooting in the parking lot of AutoZone at 2237 E. Riverside Drive.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

According to police, the first officer arrived on scene after around three minutes and found a person injured in the parking lot. The officer attempted CPR, and Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services arrived shortly after. The victim, identified as 28-year-old Jose Salgado-Amador, was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.<\/p>\n

Investigators said Salgado-Amador was working as a mechanic in the parking lot when the suspects allegedly demanded property and shot him before leaving in a vehicle.<\/p>\n

According to APD, Medina was out on bond for theft of a vehicle at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n

Multiple warrants were issued for Medina and Perez\u2019s arrests on Friday, June 19, including for first-degree aggravated robbery for a separate incident, police said.<\/p>\n

Later that day, the two were arrested at 14011 FM 969, in the Hornsby Bend area, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and the Travis County SWAT Team.<\/p>\n

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact APD’s Homicide Tip Line by calling 512-974-8477 or by reaching out to the Capital Area Crime Stoppers at 512-472-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Investigators said the victim was working as a mechanic in the parking lot when the suspects allegedly demanded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-346491","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\/346491","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=346491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}