A family gathering on Retha Pass in the Austin’s Colony area of eastern Travis County turned fatal in the early hours of Saturday, June 27, 2026. Friends and family had been at the home Lonnie Jerome White, 48, shared with his long-term girlfriend when an argument among some women escalated into a confrontation between White and 47-year-old Michael Scott Crawford, the girlfriend’s brother. Witnesses say Crawford allegedly struck a barbecue pit with a baseball bat; White reportedly retrieved a pole or metal bar from the garage. Accounts diverge about the moments before the shooting — one witness said White emerged holding a dumbbell, others said they saw him throw a punch at Crawford.

White was shot in the driveway, suffering gunshot wounds to the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene less than twenty minutes after deputies arrived around 3:29 a.m. A .38 caliber Smith and Wesson snub-nose revolver was found in the street near Crawford’s vehicle. Crawford was arrested at the scene, later charged with murder and released on a $150,000 surety bond with conditions including no firearm possession and GPS monitoring.

Is anyone familiar with the household or who attended that gathering and can add details about what happened that night?