AUSTIN (KXAN) — This week, the courts acquitted Rahsaan Dobbins by accepting a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity in connection with the February 2024 murder of Warnero Young at a Super 8 Motel in south Austin.
Police responded to the motel when someone called 911 saying their friend, later identified as Dobbins, “was in trouble” and there were men “on scene with guns.”
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Officers heard gunshots when they arrived on scene.
“[Dobbins] had just shot another man on the Motel 8 grounds. The officers gave commands to Dobbins, who was still holding the gun. Dobbins complied and was taken into custody,” police said.
Police said Dobbins did not know the victim and was nude and “in a state of paranoia” when he shot him…