{"id":424125,"date":"2026-09-02T16:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424125\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:54:09","slug":"north-austin-shooting-man-charged-with-murder-after-1-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424125\/","title":{"rendered":"North Austin shooting: Man charged with murder after 1 killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joitorian Bouye, 21, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/police\/news\/homicide-investigation-11700-block-timber-heights-drive\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrested and charged<\/a> with first-degree murder after police said he admitted to the shooting, according to the Austin Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded around 5:34 p.m. Saturday to the 11700 block of Timber Heights Drive after receiving a report that a man had a firearm and someone had been shot. Witnesses told police they saw the suspected shooter leave the scene.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they found Tyrell Pordia, 35, suffering from a gunshot wound. His injuries were considered incompatible with life, police said, and he was pronounced dead at 5:53 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Other officers responding to the shooting located Bouye and took him into custody without incident, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Bouye was taken to the department\u2019s homicide office, where police said he spoke with detectives and admitted to shooting Pordia. Police subsequently arrested Bouye on a first-degree murder charge.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not provide additional information about what investigators believe led to the shooting or whether Bouye and Pordia knew each other.<\/p>\n<p>Pordia\u2019s killing is being investigated as Austin\u2019s 38th homicide of 2026, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to contact Austin police at 512-974-TIPS. Submitted anonymous tips by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/austincrimestoppers.org\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">austincrimestoppers.org<\/a> or calling 512-472-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joitorian Bouye, 21, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after police said he admitted to the shooting,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-424125","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\/424125","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=424125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}