{"id":390064,"date":"2026-07-29T03:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390064\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T03:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:06:10","slug":"apd-identifies-man-killed-in-north-austin-shooting-no-charges-filed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390064\/","title":{"rendered":"APD identifies man killed in North Austin shooting; no charges filed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin police have <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/one-critically-injured-in-n-austin-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">identified the man who was fatally shot Friday in North Austin<\/a> after investigators say he broke a vehicle window with a knife during an encounter at an intersection.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Austin Police Department, officers responded around 2:38 p.m. July 24 to a shooting at the intersection of the North Interstate 35 northbound frontage road and Tech Ridge Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>A caller reported a shooting involving a person in a vehicle and a person experiencing homelessness. Police said the driver who fired the gun also called 9-1-1 to report the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/fatal-crash-shuts-down-northbound-sh-130-near-fm-969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO| Fatal crash shuts down northbound SH 130 near FM 969<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, Austin-Travis County EMS was providing medical aid to the victim, who was later identified as Zachary Page, 42. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:26 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>According to the preliminary investigation, Page was standing near the intersection asking for spare change when witnesses saw him banging on a vehicle. Police said Page then pulled out a folding pocketknife and used it to break the vehicle&#8217;s window. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the driver then shot Page. The driver remained at the scene, cooperated with investigators and was interviewed by homicide detectives before being released. As of Tuesday, no charges have been filed.<\/p>\n<p>The Travis County District Attorney&#8217;s Office has been notified and will review the evidence once the investigation is complete. Because no charges have been filed, Austin police are not identifying the driver.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Austin Police Department at 512-974-TIPS (8477). Anonymous tips can also be submitted through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/austincrimestoppers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">austincrimestoppers.org<\/a> or calling 512-472-8477.<\/p>\n<p>The case is being investigated as Austin&#8217;s 36th homicide of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin police have identified the man who was fatally shot Friday in North Austin after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-390064","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\/390064","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=390064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}