1 Killed In North Austin Shooting

AUSTIN, TX — A man was killed overnight after a confrontation between two groups of people at a motel culminated in a gunfight, police said.

The incident occurred on Sunday, March 29, just after 2:35 a.m. at 500 E. Highland Mall Boulevard, police said. According to a press advisory, police received multiple calls about gunshots being fired in the parking lot, but police found no shooting victims upon their arrival.

Later, police received a call from Dell Seton Medical Center alerting to a man suffering from a gunshot wound who was transported there by friends. Despite life-saving measures by hospital workers, the man died of his wounds just after 4:30 a.m., police said.

The shooting victim was identified as Kalvin Anderson, 24.

According to multiple witnesses interviewed by police, a verbal confrontation erupted between two groups that were staying at the motel located at the reported addreess. The verbal confrontation escalated into a physical fight that ended in the discharge of multiple weapons, according to police.

In the shooting's aftermath, police said, two women suffered non-life threatening gunshot wounds before being treated and released from local hospitals. At least four vehicles were towed to forensic facility for processing, according to police.

Detectives ask anyone with video or information about this incident to call APD Homicide at (512) 974-TIPS or use the new Crime Stoppers App or email APD Homicide at homicide.apd@austintexas.gov. Those submitting information have the option of remaining anonymous. Tips also can be submitted by downloading APD’s mobile app, Austin PD, free on iPhone and Android.