Jose Franklin Rodriguez was 19 when he was shot and killed on January 29, 2021, in the 1100 block of Mearns Meadow Boulevard in North Austin, Texas. Officers arrived after a 911 call around 9:30 p.m. and found Rodriguez seated in a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds; Austin-Travis County EMS attempted CPR but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Travis County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death gunshot wounds and the manner homicide after an autopsy on January 30, 2021.

Witnesses reported hearing an argument and seeing a struggle inside the vehicle before the shooting. Multiple suspects were seen fleeing and a gray four-door sedan, possibly a Toyota or Infiniti, was observed leaving the area. Detectives said robbery was an initial suspected motive and that one or more suspects may have been wearing wigs.

Two arrests followed: 22-year-old Lashell Tynek Linton was arrested May 29, 2021, in Grand Prairie and charged with first-degree murder on a $250,000 bond; 20-year-old Anthony Chandler Scott was arrested August 13, 2021, near Chicago and charged with first-degree murder on a $250,000 bond. If anyone has information about the shooting, the investigation or the gray sedan seen leaving the scene, please come forward.