AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 24-year-old woman has filed a lawsuit related to a December 2023 police shooting on Sixth Street.
The shooting happened just before midnight on a Saturday night outside of Soho Lounge on East Sixth Street. Police said a man tried to illegally carry a gun into the bar, so bar security called in the Austin Police Department for backup.
“As officers approached the suspect, the suspect pulled out the firearm and pointed it in the direction of officers and innocent bystanders,” then interim-chief Robin Henderson said at the time. That’s when officers fired…