Congress Ave. is the city’s main downtown north-and-south artery. Sixth Street is Austin’s famed bar and live music drag and that area is the city’s major downtown entertainment district. Some downtown bars and restaurants have reopened in recent weeks, though all are struggling with the pandemic restrictions and the protests sometimes making it all but impossible to conduct normal business.
According to a witness, the incident began when the driver on Fourth Street honked, turned right and sped down Congress, driving through the crowd. He appeared to hit an orange barrier in the road and came to a stop, said Michael Capochiano, who attended the protest.
“There were people around the car, yelling, and people sounding like they were frightened,” Capochiano said.
A protester with a rifle approached the car, and the driver pointed his gun outside the window, Capochiano said. The driver fired several shots, then sped away, he said.
The man with the rifle “dropped to the ground when he got shot,” Capochiano said.
If this was a typical Austin protest, it did not have a permit and any blocking of streets was not sanctioned. Protesters have tended to take over streets on their own, preventing residents and visitors who have nothing to do with the protests from accessing streets or the businesses on them.
According to a source with knowledge of the events that transpired Saturday night, the protesters surrounded the wrong car. The driver was armed, as is legal in Texas, and fired when the man with the rifle approached the driver’s car and pointed his gun at the car window.
The driver was detained and according to APD, is cooperating with police.
The Austin American-Statesman updated their article, which adds:
Although police have not yet released the names of the victim and suspect, the alleged victim’s mother [said] that her son Garrett Foster was killed.
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#1 A word of advice to rioters in Texas. Mob cars at your own peril. This was bound to happen as many people have seen what happens when the rioters mob cars and start dragging people out.
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#2 its a start
Posted by 746 2020-07-26 11:54||
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#3 I am hearing more and more that rifle toting tidbit shot first and got pwned by the driver in response.
Posted by Silentbrick 2020-07-26 12:42||
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#4 Another thing to remember is ccw people tend to shoot less, hit more, and more often kill perps than police. They also hit fewer bystanders.
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#5 They also hit fewer bystanders.
Not enough penetration.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-26 14:45||
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#6 Bleeding Kansas
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#7 Can the other rioters who mobbed the car now be charged with felony murder?
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-07-26 15:41||
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Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-26 16:31||
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#9 DM headliners outdoes themself.
Like the stock photo of Colorado Jeep plowed through BLM.
Note the jeep has a flat front-right tire - how do you supposed that happened?
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-07-26 18:12||
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#10 Watched the video. Didn't see anybody 'speeding', although it might be different from another angle.
Didn't look like the vehicle would have been able to actually get up in speed with the short distance from the corner to where the incident happened. He/she may have gunned the engine, but stopped about twenty feet of the corner.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-07-26 18:40||
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#11 A Black Lives Matter protest in the streets of downtown Austin turned violent when, Garrett Foster, who was armed with an AK-47, allegedly fired at a vehicle attempting to pass a human blockade set up by the protestors. The driver allegedly fired back three times, killing the armed man.
While the case remains under investigation, the driver who fired the fatal volley that killed Foster turned himself in and is cooperating with the police.
Austin: Black Lives Matter protesters blocked the streets. A car was trying to get through.
One of the BLM protesters, Garrett Foster, fired five shots at the vehicle with an AK47. He missed every shot.
The driver fired back three times. Killing him. pic.twitter.com/7VJbs10iVY
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 26, 2020
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#12 I watched a video. Couldn't see much but I distinctly heard 8 shots. 5 AR-15 and 3 pistol.
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