East Austin bar shooting leaves 1 dead, others injured

Austin Police Department officials responded to a disturbance call at 8:40 p.m. Friday at 5012 East 7th Street, the location of the Cabana Club. Police Department spokesperson Aaron Townsend said in a Friday night briefing that a group of people, both inside and outside the club, engaged in an altercation.

Shots were heard, and officers responded to the scene a few minutes later. Officers located an adult male subject with "obvious trauma" to his body. Life-saving measures were attempted; however, those were unsuccessful, and the man was declared deceased at 9:02 p.m.

Other individuals involved in the altercation self-transported to local area hospitals, Townsend said. He did not specify their injuries but said their conditions are unknown.

Townsend described the altercation as an isolated incident, and there was no longer any threat to the public. Police had not yet identified a suspect at the time of the briefing.

"This is being investigated as Austin's 20th homicide of the year," Townsend said.

A preliminary investigation found the incident occurred in the club's back room, he said. No weapon had been recovered.

Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators were called, and they took information from those at the scene. EMS also arrived on the scene, Townsend said in the Friday briefing.

Cabana Club did not shut down immediately, but did start shutting down operations as authorities spoke with people on scene, he said.

It was not immediately known whether the club's owner had been contacted after the incident occurred.

If anyone has any information about the incident, officers are asking those to call the Crime Stoppers line at 512-247-TIPS or the homicide tip line at 512-477-3588.