Austin Police say a 30-year-old woman who was left "brain-dead" last week during an altercation with her boyfriend and a police officer has died.
The Austin Police Department said Wednesday morning that Kay Smith was taken off life support Sunday, and Thompson, her boyfriend accused of fatally shooting her before wounding a police officer, was charged with first-degree murder.
Thompson and Smith encountered APD officer Adam Reinhart last Wednesday morning near Zilker Park. Reinhart was reporting a stolen vehicle in a parking lot on the 700 block of Azie Morton Road when both Smith and Thompson emerged from a tree line. Bodycam video shows Smith ahead of Thompson as Reinhart asks them to show their hands. Neither responded to Reinharts orders, and Thompson allegedly shot Smith in the head before shooting Reinhart in the abdomen. Thompson led police on an hours-long manhunt in the Barton Hills neighborhood, where he broke into a house on Homedale Drive before he was shot twice by the homeowner.
Police charged Thompson with attempted capital murder of a police officer and burglary last week. Wednesday they charged him with first-degree murder for fatally shooting Smith. APD says he's being held at the Travis County Jail.
This story has been updated.
