On the evening of Sunday, March 30, 2025, at about 10:13 p.m., officers responded to multiple 911 calls about a shooting in the 6400 block of Bradsher Drive in South Austin. Responding officers found 16-year-old Matthew Pichardo, a Hispanic male and former student at Crockett Early College High School, lying unresponsive outside a residence with apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:34 p.m.

Police say the shooter was another juvenile male who fled immediately but turned himself in to the Gardner Betts Juvenile Center within hours. Because of his age, the suspect’s identity has not been released; he has been charged with first-degree murder. The school offered counseling and the district’s principal expressed deep sorrow over his death. The Austin Police Department listed this as the city’s 10th homicide of 2025 and is asking anyone with information to contact 512-974-TIPS or Capital Area Crime Stoppers at 512-472-8477.

Did anyone in South Austin see activity near the 6400 block of Bradsher Drive that night or know more about what happened?