A late-night shooting at the Gus Garcia Recreation Center in North Austin left one man dead on February 15, 2026. At about 12:43 a.m., 32-year-old Jamal Southpark Elijah was pronounced deceased at the scene from apparent gunshot wounds after an encounter between a group he was with and another group. A second male was wounded and taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

The Austin Police Department is investigating the city’s ninth homicide of the year. Detectives and crime-scene specialists processed the scene and released surveillance footage showing several persons of interest. A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest; no arrests have been announced.

Are there witnesses who were at Gus Garcia Recreation Center that night or anyone with tips about the persons shown in the released footage?