Officer Involved Shooting Austin. I reviewed the case today with my civil rights director and we believe the investigation has progressed to the point that we. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension BCA identified Zachary Gast as the officer who discharged his weapon during a confrontation with a man at an Austin Kwik Trip on December 23.
At approximately 255 pm APD officers responded to a 9-1-1 call of a shooting that had just occurred at a hotel in the area of the 7100 block of N. The shooting happened on a public road in the 2500 block of Wickersham Lane. Officers were responding to a 911 call reporting a shooting according to Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon.
The incident is the fourth shooting involving a police officer in Austin so far this year double the number of such incidents in 2020.
The Austin Police Department named the four officers who were involved in a pair shootings in January including a fatal incident. The Travis County District Attorneys Office and Austins Office of Police Oversight are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened Friday night in Southeast Austin. From officers on scene that there had. The incident began around 230 am.
