Crime & Safety

Shots Fired In Attempted Robbery Near Round Rock

Although the victim was not hit, shots were fired into a vehicle in a robbery attempt at a fueling station on Gattis School Road on Friday.

ROUND ROCK, TX — Sheriff's deputies responded to a shooting in an attempted robbery in Williamson County on Friday evening.

The incident in Hutto occurred at an HEB gas station on Gattis School Road, the Williamson County Sheriff's Office reported on Twitter at 8:37 p.m. The victim told police the incident stemmed from an attempted robbery, during which shots were fired into a vehicle.

The victim was not shot, the sheriff's office said, but sustained minor scratches.

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In the aftermath of the incident, the sheriff's office released surveillance camera images of the suspects who were described as two black males in their early 20s who were believed to be "armed and dangerous," the sheriff's office wrote on Twitter. The suspects' vehicle was described as a gray or silver four-door car.

Anyone with information is urged to call 9-1-1.

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Editor's note: The city in which this incident occurred has been corrected. Patch regrets the error.

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