AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin Police detective’s affidavit details the events leading up to an April 27 murder outside of an apartment complex near Mueller, including information from CCTV footage and an interview with a witness.
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The detective said that surveillance camera footage shows the victim, Samantha Fernandez, approach a red pickup truck before being shot in the head. The truck left the scene immediately after, according to the affidavit.
“At approximately 4:45 [a.m.], I received a phone call from Deputy Rodriguez with the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office stating that he and other deputies had located the red Chevrolet pickup abandoned on the side of the road,” the detective said. “Deputy Rodriguez told me that two subjects, [a witness] and suspect Gonzalo Mendoza-Gonzalez, had been detained at a closed gas station a short distance away.”
Officers reportedly seized a handgun from Mendoza-Gonzalez while detaining him on April 28, which was allegedly loaded with 9mm rounds matching casings found at the scene, according to the affidavit…