Man Sustains Serious Injuries In Downtown Austin Shooting

AUSTIN, TX — A man sustained potentially life-threatening injuries in a downtown Austin shooting Saturday night.

The incident occurred just before 9 p.m. along the 500 block of East 7th Street, according to Austin-Travis County EMS medics. The victim, a man in his 20s, sustained serious, potentially life-threatening injuries, medics said via Twitter.

No other injuries were reported. As of noon on Sunday, the shooter was still at large. Patch will update this story when more details are known.

Despite it being one of the most heavily policed parts of the city given its entertainment district status, there have been several shootings in the downtown area in recent months. Saturday night's shooting comes less than a week after another one that occurred just before 3 a.m. — also along the 500 block of 7th Street — that left a woman injured.

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Video later emerged of the previous incident, showing a man shooting a female victim who earlier had gotten into a physical confrontation with another woman.

Another shooting occurred earlier this month, leaving two people injured along the same area. The victims of that incident were left seriously injured after being shot along 6th Street early Sunday on July 7 in front of the Terminal 6 bar, 302 E. 6th St. Medics arriving at the scene just before 2:30 a.m. rushed two adults to hospitals for medical treatment — a man sustaining critical, life-threatening injuries and a woman with serious, potentially life-threatening injuries, medics said via Twitter.

And last month, a person was shot along the 600 block of Red River Street near 6th Street just before 4 a.m. on June 3. The victim in that shooting sustained injuries that were not deemed life-threatening, medics said.