On the late evening of Sunday, March 15, 2026, 46-year-old Eric Javier Sifuentes was fatally shot at a residence near McKinney Falls Parkway in southeast Austin. Deputies from the Travis County Sheriff’s Office responded after a woman called 911 to report that her neighbor had been shot. Sifuentes was found with gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:29 p.m.

Investigators say the shooter fled immediately after the shooting but was identified quickly. Twenty-three-year-old Isaiah Dominick Esquivel was arrested shortly after and booked into the Travis County Jail on a murder charge. Authorities report the suspect and victim were known to each other, though the exact nature of their relationship has not been disclosed.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who were in the area that night or who knew Sifuentes and can share what they observed?