A routine evening walk on May 8, 2026, ended in a fatal shooting in northwest Austin. Billy Carlisle, a 41-year-old White man, was shot about 6:00 p.m. at the intersection of Gardenridge Hollow and Wallace Drive during a dispute with a neighbor while both men were walking their dogs. Carlisle’s son was with him at the time. The shooter has been identified as 36-year-old Hunter Buchmeyer, who lived in the same neighborhood and reportedly had a prior history with Carlisle.

Buchmeyer placed a 911 call moments before the gunshot in which he can be heard telling someone to get back; multiple other callers then reported the shooting. After firing the single shot that struck Carlisle, Buchmeyer remained and performed CPR. Emergency personnel pronounced Carlisle dead at 6:45 p.m. on scene. Initial reports conflicted about the immediate legal status: a Travis County Jail record listed a Hunter William Buchmeyer arrested and charged with first-degree murder, but an Austin Police Department press release on May 11, 2026, said Buchmeyer had been identified and arrested while no charges had been filed and the investigation was ongoing.

The police have asked the public for information. Does anyone in the neighborhood have details about the dispute or what led up to that evening’s confrontation?