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One person is dead and another is wounded after a suspicious-car report Monday morning ended in police gunfire.
AUSTIN, TEXAS (AP) --
The incident began just after 5 a.m. Monday in East Austin on Springdale Road, just south of Manor Road.
Police Sgt. Richard Stresing says an officer was checking a robbery report when he saw a car parked at the Walnut Creek Apartments with three sleeping in it.
Police Chief Art Acevedo says the officer fatally shot an 18-year-old man who had a weapon stuck in the waistband of his pants.
He says another man was wounded and is in stable condition at Brackenridge Hospital.
The other occupant of the car is in police custody.
The officer involved is being removed from patrol pending investigation.
No identities have been released.
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