Andrew Weber
ReporterAndrew Weber is a general assignment reporter for KUT, focusing on criminal justice, policing, courts and homelessness in Austin and Travis County. You can email him at aweber@kut.org.
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Los votantes aprobaron en mayo una propuesta para ampliar la supervisión policial, pero la medida no se ha aplicado plenamente. Las negociaciones contractuales con el sindicato de la policía y una demanda presentada este mes han complicado las cosas.
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Voters approved a proposition in May to expand police oversight, but the measure hasn't been fully implemented. Contract negotiations with the police union and a lawsuit filed this month have made things tricky.
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Moonesinghe's family alleges their son was defending himself from a burglar when he was shot by Daniel Sanchez.
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Los miembros del jurado no pudieron llegar a un veredicto el mes pasado sobre la muerte a tiros de Mike Ramos. No está claro si el fiscal perseguirá el caso Ramos de nuevo u otro cargo de asesinato derivado de un tiroteo en servicio en 2019.
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Jurors couldn't reach a verdict last month in the shooting death of Mike Ramos. It's unclear whether the DA will pursue the Ramos case again or another murder charge stemming from an on-duty shooting in 2019.
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Last Tuesday, a gunman killed six people and wounded three others, including an AISD police officer and an APD officer, who both survived the attacks.
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The toll is less than last year's record-setting number of deaths of homeless Austinites but still much higher than advocates say it should be.
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The lawsuit argues that the city is violating its own ordinance by not allowing the Office of Police Oversight to access internal disciplinary files of officers.
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A suspect connected with six killings allegedly shot two police officers before being taken into custody near the Southwest Austin enclave. Neighbors said they had no warning to shelter in place.
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Seventeen officers were cleared of the charges against them. District Attorney José Garza's office will still pursue charges against four officers.