On January 8, 2024, at about 7:48 p.m., 21-year-old Francisco Muntufa Miranda was shot at the Avalon Palms apartment complex at 9300 Northgate Boulevard in Austin, Texas. He was found by Austin Police Department officers with a gunshot wound, taken to a local hospital, and later died of his injuries.

Investigators determined early on that one or more suspects frequented the Avalon Palms complex, but no immediate arrests followed. In late March 2024, APD’s Homicide Unit, Gang Suppression Unit and Violent Crimes Task Force executed a residential search warrant near Loyola Lane and Decker Lane and identified a juvenile male suspect. That juvenile was found with multiple extended-capacity pistol magazines linked to the murder weapon and was arrested March 26, 2024, on charges of murder and five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; he was booked into the Gardner Betts Juvenile Detention Center. A second juvenile was also arrested in connection with a December 20, 2023 drive-by shooting that investigators say involved the same suspect and endangered nine people, including five children.

If anyone has information about Miranda, the Avalon Palms complex, or the events leading up to January 8, please share what is known with investigators.