Man Found Dead In North Austin Parking Lot Was At Center Of Doomed Love Triangle [UPDATED]

Austin, TX -- A man found in a pool of blood in the parking lot of a North Austin strip mall may have met his fate after being caught in a love triangle, police said.

An arrest affidavit details a second arrest has been made in the killing of Jose Angel Moreno, 25, who was found in a parking lot after having succumbed to gunshot wounds. Police on Tuesday arrested Bradford Gunn after the shooting, and have since arrested his girlfriend, Brandi Nicole Harris, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

The woman told police she had dated Moreno, adding that she was upset he owed her money and had cheated on her during the relationship, the newspaper reported. During a telephone call between Moreno and Harris, the former told the woman he wanted to resume their relationship -- something that enraged Gunn, the paper noted.

During police interrogation, the woman admitted she drove Gunn to the scene of the crime, the Statesman reported in citing details of the affidavit. Gunn coaxed Harris to text Moreno asking for a meeting between the former lovers -- leading to the fatal confrontation with Gunn, the paper reported.

Police haven't revealed what charges they plan to file against the former girlfriend of the deceased. Gunn has since been charged with homicide, and remains jailed on a $500,000 bond.

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From earlier:

Austin, TX -- A man arrested this week after an eight-hour standoff with police has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a victim found dead in a North Austin strip mall parking lot, police said.

Bradford Gunn, 29, was arrested on Tuesday after a SWAT standoff on Sugar Hill Drive. On Thursday, police said Gunn has since been charged in connection with the death of Jose Angel Moreno, 25.

The victim was found lying in a pool of blood after police responded to a shooting off Interstate 35 near Middle Lane, just south of East Rundberg Lane, at about 3:30 a.m. this past Saturday. Moreno had just turned 25 years old 11 days prior to his death.

After an eight-hour standoff with police at a South Austin dwelling, Gunn was booked into Travis County Jail with a $500,000 bond in connection to the man's death.

>>> Gunn booking photo courtesy of Austin Police Department