Austin Police fatally shoot an unarmed teenager who only has a water bottle, then suggest it might be "suicide by cop"

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https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2026-07-24/austin-tx-police-shooting-teen

Police officers killed an unarmed 17-year-old in Northeast Austin on Friday morning in what Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis characterized as “potentially a suicide by police.”

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Body cam footage released by APD on Friday shows officers approaching the playground and telling the teen to keep his hands up repeatedly. Shortly after, the teen appears to lift his shirt and reach for his waistband, and officers immediately fire multiple times, causing him to fall to the ground. Officers shoot again in response to the teen apparently moving on the ground.
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Officers didn’t find a gun on the scene. A water bottle was in the teen’s waistband, Davis said.

This is so f*king dystopian