Scott Laurance Gilpin, 47, was shot and killed by an Austin police officer on January 14, 2017, near Hope Presbyterian Church in Northwest Austin after multiple emergency calls about a disturbance at the Anderson Mill Pub. Witnesses said Gilpin was armed with an AR-15 rifle and a shotgun and fired multiple shots into the air before officers arrived. Officers repeatedly ordered him to drop his weapons; after roughly 13 minutes of attempts to communicate, Officer Jesse Lane shot Gilpin while he walked through a courtyard still armed. Life-saving measures were tried but Gilpin died at the scene.

The Austin Police Department opened internal and criminal investigations; Officer Lane, who had been on the force for two and a half years, was placed on administrative leave. A Travis County grand jury reviewed the incident and the Austin Police Monitor’s Office also investigated. Colleagues described him as kind-hearted and amiable.

Questions remain about the circumstances that led to the use of deadly force and whether that force was justified. If anyone witnessed the January 14 disturbance or knew Scott Gilpin, please share information that could help clarify what happened.