Gunman who ‘killed six in shooting rampage across Texas’ appears bloody in mugshot
A gunman who allegedly killed at least six people and injured two police officers across multiple Texas cities appeared bloody in his mugshot.
Shane James, 34, is accused of executing a shooting rampage across Austin and San Antonio over an eight-hour span on Tuesday.
James appeared to give a blank expression and had a splash of blood on the left side of his forehead in his mugshot released by the Austin Police Department on Wednesday.
He was booked in Travis County Jail on four counts of capital murder around 2.30am on Wednesday, county jail records indicate. James also faces three out-of-jurisdiction crimes that were not further detailed.
Police ‘strongly believe’ James was linked to the string of violence that included four incidents in Austin and one near San Antonio.
The crime spree started on Tuesday morning when an Austin Independent School District police officer was shot near Northeast Early College High School and the campus was placed on lockdown.
Three more violent incidents happened in Austin. Shortly before noon, a man and a woman were fatally shot on the 7300 block of Shadywood Drive. Then minutes before 5pm, a cyclist was shot and injured at 5701 W Slaughter Lane. At 6.50pm, cops responding to a burglary in progress on the 5300 block of Austral Loop were shot and two victims were discovered with fatal gunshot wounds inside the home.
At 7.14pm, a suspect was arrested at the intersection of South Highway 45 and Farm Road 1826 in Austin.
About a half hour later, two people were found fatally shot inside a home in Bexar County near San Antonio.
Investigators connected the shootings after the last incident, Henderson said.
‘Based on the information obtained over the course of these investigations, we strongly believe one suspect is responsible for all of the incidents,’ stated Austin Interim Police Chief Robin Henderson on Tuesday night.
Authorities have not said if James had a relationship with any of the victims, whose names have not been released.
‘I’d like to express my deepest condolences to all the victims and their families who’ve been affected by these series of tragic events and horrific criminal acts,’ Henderson said.
It was the 39th mass shooting in the US this year, according to a Washington Post database.
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