{"id":448286,"date":"2026-09-26T08:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T08:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/448286\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T08:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T08:12:08","slug":"17-year-old-arrested-charged-with-murder-in-east-austin-apartment-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/448286\/","title":{"rendered":"17-year-old arrested, charged with murder in East Austin apartment shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A 17-year-old has been arrested and charged with murder in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/police-investigating-homicide-in-east-austin-09-23-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fatal shooting of a man inside an East Austin apartment<\/a> early Wednesday, two days after police said the suspect fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Police Department identified the suspect as Jorge Garza, 17, and the victim as Jacob Villanueva, 29.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested Garza on Friday, Sept. 25, according to APD. He was booked into the Travis County Jail on charges of murder and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/police-investigating-homicide-in-east-austin-09-23-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE| Man killed inside East Austin apartment; police searching for suspect<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened around 3:01 a.m. Wednesday at an apartment in the 1000 block of Springdale Road.<\/p>\n<p>Officers and other first responders arrived and found Villanueva on the stairs inside the apartment with apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:13 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Police initially said the shooting appeared to have followed an altercation between two men who knew each other. APD released additional details Friday about what investigators believe led up to the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the woman who lived at the apartment had been involved in an altercation with her boyfriend, Garza. Investigators said she then called her ex-boyfriend, Villanueva, who came to the apartment and asked Garza to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Police allege Garza shot Villanueva before leaving the scene in Villanueva&#8217;s vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Homicide detectives and Austin Forensic Science crime specialists responded to investigate and process the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Garza remained at large until Friday, when members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested him, according to APD.<\/p>\n<p>The case is being investigated as Austin&#8217;s 42nd homicide of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Austin police at 512-974-TIPS. Anonymous tips can also be submitted through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program at 512-472-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A 17-year-old has been arrested and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-448286","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\/448286","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=448286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}