Austin Police Ask for Photos and Video as the Search Continues for the Voodoo Room Gunman
Five days after two people were shot inside the East 6th Street bar, detectives have a witness description — a man with a short twist hairstyle in a white T-shirt — and no arrest. The Aggravated Assault Unit wants the photos and video Halloween weekend crowds may not know they have.
Austin police are asking the public for help finding the gunman who shot two people inside the Voodoo Room on East 6th Street early Sunday, and they are asking specifically for the pictures and video that a Halloween-weekend crowd may have taken without realizing what they captured. Detectives have not identified a suspect and have made no arrest.
Officers responded at 1:37 a.m. on Nov. 1 to the shooting inside the bar at 419 East 6th Street and found two victims with gunshot wounds. Officers gave aid until Austin-Travis County EMS arrived, and medics took both victims to a local hospital; police said their injuries were not life-threatening. This station covered the shooting the night it happened; what is new is the department's appeal and the description that comes with it.
The Aggravated Assault Unit has interviewed multiple witnesses, who described a possible subject with a gun as a Black male with a short twist hairstyle who wore a white T-shirt. Police have released no other description of the person. Detectives believe more people may have seen what happened inside the bar, and the department posted an online submission link and a QR code with its notice for anyone holding photos, videos or other potential evidence.
Anyone with information can call the Aggravated Assault Unit at 512-974-5245. Tipsters who want to stay anonymous can go through Capital Area Crime Stoppers at austincrimestoppers.org or by calling 512-472-8477; a reward of up to $1,000 is available for information leading to an arrest. The case number is 26-3050265.
