AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was shot and killed in a road rage incident near the University of Texas campus on Saturday, Austin police said.
The shooting happened around 4:08 p.m. on the southbound Interstate 35 service road at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
Police say 54-year-old Adan Marez was involved in a road rage incident that "spanned for miles" with the occupants of a gold sedan. When both vehicles stopped at a red light, Marez got out of his vehicle.
Mugshot of Jacob Gonzalez, 21. (Courtesy Austin Police Department)The driver of the sedan, who police identified as Jacob Gonzalez, then shot and killed Marez, according to an APD press release Tuesday. Marez was not armed at the time.
Gonzalez, 21, was arrested and charged with murder, a first-degree felony. He was booked into the Travis County Jail on a $1 million bond.
Attorney information wasn't available for Gonzalez as of Tuesday.
This is Austin's seventh homicide of the year, according to APD.
"Due to the nature of this offense and the large amount of people in the area at the time of the shooting, it is believed privately-filmed video of this incident may exist," police said.
MAP: Where have Austin’s homicides occurred in 2025?Anyone with footage of the incident is asked to submit to Detective Mendall Edwards with APD's homicide unit at [email protected]. Anyone with information can also contact detectives at 512-974-TIPS or submit an anonymous tip by calling 512-472-8477 or visiting austincrimestoppers.org.
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