White Austin Cops Say they Faced Immediate, Deadly Harm from a Black Teen who Had a Bottle of Water in His Waist Band -as Another Black Person is Fatally Shot by Cops in a City Controlled by Liberals

Police officers killed an unarmed 17-year-old in Northeast Austin on Friday morning in what Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis characterized as “potentially a suicide by police.”

The Austin Police Department responded to a 911 call at 3:51 a.m. Friday about a teen in a parking lot possibly brandishing a gun. Officers responded to the scene and found the 17-year-old, a Black male, on the playground at a community park in the 10100 block of Baden Lane, Davis said at a press conference on Friday afternoon. Police don’t hear 911 calls.

Body cam footage released by APD on Friday shows officers approaching the playground and telling the teen to keep his hands up repeatedly. Shortly after, the teen appears to lift his shirt and reach for his waistband, and officers immediately fire multiple times, causing him to fall to the ground. Officers shoot again in response to the teen apparently moving on the ground.

After securing the scene, Davis said, the officers rendered aid until Austin-Travis County EMS arrived. The teen died on the scene at 4:25 a.m.

APD said it will release the teen’s name after identification from the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Officers didn’t find a gun on the scene. A water bottle was in the teen’s waistband, Davis said. [MORE] and [MORE]