The deadly shooting at a West Sixth Street bar has not prompted major changes to security plans for South by Southwest, which begins March 12.
City officials and event organizers say safety planning was already designed to address the possibility of mass violence.
“We are a major city police department and we go in best practices,” Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said at a Monday news conference. “I feel confident that the resources we have in play at South by Southwest will continue on, and it will be a safe festival season.”…