{"id":392267,"date":"2026-07-30T17:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392267\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:45:18","slug":"apd-releases-surveillance-footage-showing-moments-before-deadly-police-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392267\/","title":{"rendered":"APD releases surveillance footage showing moments before deadly police shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police confirmed on Tuesday that 17-year-old Anthoneil Williams II was killed in the incident early Friday morning.<\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The Austin Police Department (APD) released additional surveillance video on Wednesday showing the moments leading up to the death of an unarmed teen shot by officers<\/a> in a neighborhood park last week.<\/p>\n

APD confirmed on Tuesday that 17-year-old Anthoneil Williams II<\/a> was killed in the incident early Friday morning.<\/p>\n


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APD Police Chief Lisa Davis said the incident began at 3:51 a.m., when a 911 caller said a young man was in a parking lot with a gun. The caller provided a description and said the person was, at times, brandishing the gun. The 911 caller then hung up and did not answer attempts to call back.<\/p>\n

Police said they obtained surveillance footage<\/a> (warning: graphic content) on Tuesday, July 28, showing Williams walked to the park at 10110 Baden Lane, near Dessau Road, and arrived at approximately 3:55 a.m. He then sat down for several minutes on a low wall near the playground. When officers arrived on the scene, Williams got up and walked toward the playground.<\/p>\n

According to Davis, officers made contact with him, telling him to keep his hands up and asking if he was OK.<\/p>\n

APD said at approximately 4:02 a.m., it appeared Williams lifted his shirt and reached for his waistband. He then raised both hands and extended them toward police officers, according to APD.<\/p>\n

It was later determined the initial 911 call came from Williams\u2019 phone.<\/p>\n

Davis said officers began rendering aid until medics arrived. Davis said aid was rendered within seven minutes.<\/p>\n

Williams, a 17-year-old Black male who had no previous contact with APD, was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:25 a.m.<\/p>\n

Officers did not locate a gun at the scene, and Davis said it was later determined that the individual had a water bottle in his waistband. Davis said that the situation indicates his intention was “suicide by police.”<\/p>\n

Davis said the officers involved are Officers Alexis Cruz, Jake Pitcher and Avery Zucchi. Cruz has been with APD for three years and nine months; Pitcher for three years and five months; and Zucchi for two years and 10 months.<\/p>\n

Per department protocol, all three have been placed on administrative leave.<\/p>\n

No officers or any other community members were injured during the incident.<\/p>\n

Anthoniel Williams II’s father has created a GoFundMe<\/a> to help the family pay for funeral services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police confirmed on Tuesday that 17-year-old Anthoneil Williams II was killed in the incident early Friday morning. AUSTIN,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-392267","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\/392267","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=392267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}