A tragic family incident has left one person dead in Williamson County after a juvenile family member allegedly carried out a fatal shooting late Sunday evening, as reported by CBS Austin. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call at around 10 p.m., which led them to a residence on the 100 block of Chandler Pointe Loop outside the city limits of Round Rock, where the incident unfolded.
Upon arrival, deputies discovered one individual had been shot by a juvenile family member, and despite efforts to save the victim, they were pronounced dead at the scene; the violence of the act contrasts starkly with the suburban calm expected on a Sunday night, and the juvenile suspect has since been taken into custody but their identity remains shielded from the public eye in accordance with state law, as stated by KXAN.
Details about the motive and circumstances around the shooting are currently sparse, with the Sheriff’s Office declining to release further information regarding the identity of either the victim or the accused juvenile—pending notification of next of kin and in compliance with Texas state law, which mandates confidentiality in juvenile cases until judicial proceedings are initiated or concluded…