ALSO | APD: Fentanyl suspected after five overdoses near Sixth Street<\/a><\/p>\nAs Austin detectives investigated Gauna’s death, they learned of a shooting in Bastrop involving Salgado on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Bastrop police said Salgado met his former girlfriend, 20-year-old Mariana Montoya Palacios, at Fisherman’s Park. The two had previously dated. While at the park, Salgado shot Palacios at close range, killing her, then shot himself, police said.<\/p>\n
Bastrop officers who came to the scene found Salgado with a gunshot wound and took him to a hospital. Palacios died at the park. Salgado died from his injuries Tuesday at 2:58 p.m., authorities said.<\/p>\n
Investigators determined Salgado had been romantically involved with both women. Based on their preliminary investigation, detectives believe he was responsible for both deaths.<\/p>\n
The investigation into Gauna’s death remains open as detectives continue working to complete the case, Austin police said.<\/p>\n
Gauna’s cousin shared a message from her family with CBS Austin on Thursday.<\/p>\n
“She didn\u2019t deserve this,” they wrote. “She was a beautiful person inside and out!”<\/p>\n
Her family added, “Our hearts are broken.”<\/p>\n
Austin PD Detective Mendall Edwards told CBS Austin that Salgado had not had any previous arrests by the department.<\/p>\n
“These cases are hard. There’s a generational impact to them. It’s not just the victim that suffers. There’s the survivors as well. There’s families, there’s children, there’s parents, there are siblings who are left behind,” Edwards said.<\/p>\n
In a statement Thursday, Bastrop Police Chief Vicky Steffanic applauded the coordination between her department and APD, writing:<\/p>\n
The coordination between the two agencies has been prompt, professional, and seamless, particularly in the analysis and exchange of information. Both agencies have maintained a shared commitment to the investigative process and a common goal of bringing these cases to a successful resolution.<\/p>\n
Anyone experiencing a mental health crisis or having thoughts of suicide can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Anyone facing an immediate threat to their safety should call 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Police in Austin and Bastrop are investigating two homicides they say are connected to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-442057","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\/442057","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=442057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}