Mass Shootings

Council members will vote Thursday on whether to ask city staff to consider the idea and to come up with a timeline for opening the street to vehicular traffic on weekend evenings.

Federal Judge Xavier Rodriguez said the U.S. Air Force's failure to report the shooter's domestic violence conviction to the FBI allowed him to purchase the gun used in Texas' deadliest mass shooting.

The gunman should not have been able to purchase an assault style rifle, but the store conducted the required federal background check, which didn't reveal his past assault conviction, the court said.

De’Ondre Jermirris White, de 19 años, enfrenta un cargo de homicidio por la muerte de Douglas Kantor durante el tiroteo del 12 de junio. Fue arrestado el jueves por la tarde.

De’Ondre Jermirris White, 19, faces a murder charge for the death of 25-year-old Douglas Kantor. He was arrested Thursday afternoon.

Las autoridades han emitido una orden de aprehensión contra de De'ondre Jermirris White por el tiroteo de la Calle Sexta que dejó a un hombre muerto y por lo menos a doce heridos el 12 de junio. La policía de Austin dice que entrevistas con testigos y evidencia balística señala a White como el principal sospechoso en el homicidio de Douglas Kantor de 25 años.

An arrest warrant has been issued for De’ondre Jermirris White in the East Sixth Street shooting that left a man dead and injured at lease a dozen others on June 12. Austin police said eyewitness accounts and ballistic evidence link White to the murder of 25-year-old Douglas Kantor.

La policía de Austin el jueves ofreció nuevos detalles sobre el tiroteo del sábado, el cual dicen que ocurrió tras un altercado entre adolescentes.

Austin police on Thursday provided new details on the aftermath of the mass shooting that happened early Saturday, which started as a confrontation between teens.

State Rep. Joe Moody, a Democrat from El Paso, said a special legislative session already planned for later this year should also address gun violence.