Anthony Salas was 20 when he was killed after confronting people who had taken his sister’s car in the Sun Chase neighborhood of Del Valle, Texas. His family says he was packing a car for his sister in the early morning hours of May 3, 2025, when the vehicle disappeared; a 911 call about the theft was placed at 2:58 a.m. Salas went to try to recover the car despite his mother’s pleas to wait for police. A second 911 call at 3:21 a.m. reported a person struck by a vehicle near Ross Road and Thome Valley Drive. Investigators say Salas found the stolen car, confronted the suspects, was shot and then struck by a vehicle, and died.

Police identified the suspects on surveillance footage showing them burglarizing vehicles across south and east Austin that night. By June 2025 three juveniles were in custody: a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old arrested in May, and another 13-year-old taken after a barricade in San Marcos where a .40-caliber pistol was recovered. All three were charged with capital murder. Does anyone in the Del Valle area have information about the suspects or the surveillance activity that night?