On July 18, 2026, 23-year-old Tyris Ty Rivers, a Black man, was shot and killed at the La Cima Apartments in the 3200 block of Montopolis Drive in Austin. Police responded to multiple reports of gunfire shortly after midnight; officers found Rivers in a breezeway outside an apartment with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at 12:28 a.m.

Investigators arrested 29-year-old Jaquan Easley, a Black man who remained at the scene, and charged him with Rivers’ murder. According to the arrest affidavit, the shooting followed a physical altercation after Rivers allegedly knocked on and forced his way into an apartment and assaulted Easley. A woman at the scene said Rivers left the apartment and an encounter continued in the hallway. Easley claims self-defense, but detectives reported physical evidence indicating Rivers was shot from behind and at a distance.

If anyone witnessed the incident or has information about what happened in the hallway or breezeway that night, please come forward.