Brandon Johnson, 33, was shot and killed near Givens Park in East Austin on June 23, 2021. He was found unresponsive in a parked car near the park’s tennis courts and later pronounced dead at Dell Seton Medical Center after Austin Police and medics tried life-saving measures. The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office completed an autopsy.

Austin police say the shooting happened at about 8:25 p.m. and grew out of a confrontation that escalated into gunfire. Two people were arrested in connection with the case: Laderious Nicholson, charged with first-degree murder and held on $500,000 bond, and Sheawna Caldwell, charged with aggravated robbery and held on $100,000 bond; both were taken into custody by the Lonestar Fugitive Task Force. An appellate court later reversed a trial court’s dismissal of the murder indictment and sent the case back for further proceedings.

Anyone who knew Brandon, witnessed the confrontation near Givens Park that night, or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.