In the early hours of January 5, 2023, Austin police found 20-year-old Fritzgerald Bissereth unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a vehicle at The Palms on Lamar apartments, in the 8600 block of North Lamar Boulevard. Bissereth had apparent gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say an unknown assailant shot Bissereth, then fled; the shooting caused Bissereth to lose control and crash into multiple parked cars within the complex. This was reported as Austin’s first homicide of 2023.

On March 30, 2023, members of the U.S. Marshals’ Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested 26-year-old Demonte Harris in connection with the death; Harris was charged with first-degree murder and bail was set at $1 million. The motive remains unclear, and authorities have not disclosed further details about any relationship between Harris and Bissereth. If anyone knew Fritzgerald or saw activity around the 8600 block of North Lamar Boulevard on January 5, please share what was seen or heard.