Two other Austin police officers have died in line-of-duty shootings since 2000

An Austin police officer has died after a shooting in South Austin Saturday morning, marking the first time in a decade an Austin officer has been killed in a line-of-duty shooting.

A second officer was also shot and taken to Dell Seton Medical Center, where he is in stable condition, interim Police Chief Robin Henderson said.

The shooting happened around 4 a.m. inside a single-family home in the 9300 block of Bernoulli Drive, just off Westgate Boulevard. Robinson said SWAT officers forced entry into the house, where the assailant was holding two people hostage and had stabbed a woman who managed to escape. The assailant shot at the officers, who returned fire.

Austin-Travis County EMS took the officers to the hospital, where one was pronounced dead.

Two civilians were found dead in the home. The suspect also died at the scene, but police officials did not specify whether he was fatally shot by the officers or had died of self-inflicted wounds.

Henderson did not identify the officers, the suspect or the other victims.

The most recent incidents of Austin police officers succumbing to shootings on duty came in 2012 and in 2000. Others have died while on duty more recently of other causes, including vehicle crashes, COVID-19 complications and a heart attack.

Here’s more about the two previous shootings of police officers before that of Nov. 11, 2023.

See our ongoing coverage: Austin police officer shot and killed, 1 other injured Saturday morning in South Austin

Officer Jaime Padron shot by 'intoxicated, suspicious' man at Walmart near Interstate 35

On April 6, 2012, senior police officer Jaime Padron, 40, was shot and killed after responding to a Walmart store on the I-35 frontage road to investigate reports of an intoxicated, suspicious man, according to the Austin Police Department. The suspect, then-24-year-old Brandon Daniel, immediately attempted to flee on foot, but Padron tackled him and they both fell to the floor.

During the ensuing struggle, Daniel produced a small handgun from his pocket, shot Padron and then fired at the store employees.

As Padron lay wounded, two employees tackled Daniel, held him down and used Padron’s radio to notify dispatchers of the shooting.

More: Brandon Daniel on trial for capital murder in 2012 slaying of Austin police officer Jaime Padron

About 5,000 people attended Padron’s funeral at Shoreline Church, the American-Statesman previously reported.

Daniel, a software engineer, was found guilty of capital murder in 2014 and was sentenced to death.

In 2021, Daniel was found dead in his cell on Texas death row. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said foul play did not appear to be the cause.

Officer William DeWayne Jones Sr. fatally shot during traffic stop at Zilker Park

On May 28, 2000, officer William Jones was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop at Zilker Park, according to the Austin Police Department. Jones was speaking with the driver of the vehicle when the driver opened fire, striking him in the chest twice and the neck once. Jones, who was not wearing a vest, was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

More than 200 youth soccer teams were attending an international soccer tournament at the park at the time of the shooting.

The suspect, whom the Austin Police Department website does not identify, fled the scene, but was spotted several hours later near Houston. After a short chase, the suspect killed himself. He had already served time in prison and was wanted by another jurisdiction for sexual assault.

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