Noah Angelo Talbott, a 26-year-old White male, was shot just after midnight on May 29, 2025, inside an apartment at the Westdale Point complex on Wood Hollow Drive in northwest Austin. Officers responding to a shoot/stab hotshot call at 12:08 a.m. found him with a gunshot wound to the head and he was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition. He was pronounced dead the following afternoon, at approximately 2:22 p.m. on May 30, 2025.

Investigators say the shooting followed an argument over money between Talbott and a man who had been at the apartment. As Talbott escorted the visitor toward the front door, the assailant reportedly produced a handgun from a bag and fired, striking Talbott in the head before fleeing. Witness interviews and scene processing supported that sequence of events. Police identified 27-year-old Waleed Beriji, located him later that day in the 3000 block of South Congress Avenue and took him into custody; he was initially booked on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and the charge was upgraded after Talbott’s death. This was recorded as Austin’s 27th homicide of 2025.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Austin Police Department or submit an anonymous tip through Capital Area Crime Stoppers.