A man who was arrested after a hit-and-run in Downtown Austin during SXSW is now being charged with murder.
Tyrone Thompson, 23, is accused of hitting two pedestrians at East Seventh and Red River streets on March 12. He was later arrested following a separate crash., 23, allegedly hit two pedestrians at East Seventh and Red River streets on Tuesday, March 12. He was later arrested following a separate crash.Court documents say a pair of Austin Police Department officers were on patrol downtown early that morning.
One of those red lights was at East Seventh and Red River streets, where the car hit two pedestrians in the crosswalk at around 1 a.m. One of the victims,Roughly an hour after allegedly hitting Shelton and Dunham, court documents show that Thompson was involved in a separate crash on Wolfe Lane in Del Valle. Deputies from the Travis County Sheriff's Office and the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office responded to the crash.
The court documents state that Thompson claimed he hadn't been driving the car and his mother had just dropped him off. But when the Travis County deputy called Thompson's mother, she did not corroborate his claims. Deputies later found a bottle of tequila in the passenger floorboard of Thompson's car and a loaded gun in the backseat. Court documents also state that it's believed Thompson was under the influence of methamphetamine and/or crack cocaine, in addition to alcohol.
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