Dyvyne Ware, 22, was found unresponsive in an alley near 6th Street and Neches Street in Austin on July 17, 2021 after multiple gunshots were reported. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the chest; the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

The Austin Police Department opened an investigation into the shooting. On July 30, 2021, 30-year-old Jarette Blanchard was arrested by the Lonestar Fugitive Task Force and held in the Travis County Jail on $500,000 bond in connection with Ware’s death. Detectives asked anyone with information or video of the incident to come forward.

The killing was recorded as Austin’s 47th homicide of 2021 and prompted community and law enforcement attention to gun violence in the area. If anyone has information or footage that could help the investigation, please share it with investigators.