Sheldon Polk, 32, was killed in downtown Austin on December 7, 2022, in a confrontation that ended in a shooting on East 6th Street at about 2:01 a.m. Responding officers found Polk unresponsive and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say Polk and 17-year-old Carlos Narvaez were strangers before the altercation. Narvaez allegedly produced a gun, shot Polk, and fled, but was arrested a few blocks away and later charged with first-degree murder. Narvaez has claimed he acted in self-defense, saying he believed Polk posed a threat. Detectives are treating the death as Austin’s 67th homicide of 2022 and are seeking witnesses or video.

Few additional public details are available about what led to the confrontation or about Polk’s life. Did anyone in downtown Austin that night see or record what happened?