Off Duty Officer Involved Fatal Shooting Over Road Rage Incident - Very Risky Move

Date: January 5, 2021

Time: 12:34 a.m.

Location: 2500 Wickersham Ln

Deceased: Alexander Gonzales, born 08-02-1993

The Austin Police Department released body cameras, dash cam, citizen phone recording video, maps, surveillance camera footage of 2 shootings incident that occurred on January 5, 2021, at approximately 12:34 a.m., the APD received a 911 call from an off-duty APD officer Gabriel Gutierrez who stated he was involved in a shooting incident that occurred. According to the off-duty officer Gabriel Gutierrez, he was driving in a neighborhood and when he turned southbound onto the 2500 block of Wickersham Lane, he noticed there was a car behind him. This car cut the officer off and once it pulled up along side his vehicle, the officer saw the driver point a gun at him. The officer fired at the suspect, and the vehicle continued to travel a short distance southbound on Wickersham Lane where it finally stopped against the curb. The officer stopped behind the suspect's vehicle and called 911 to advise of the situation.

At 12:37 a.m., on-duty APD officers began to arrive on scene. This portion of the incident was captured on body worn camera. The footage shows the suspect vehicle stopped along the curb with the off-duty officer's personal vehicle behind the suspect vehicle. A female subject can be seen lying on the ground just outside of the passenger side of the vehicle. The off-duty officer Gutierrez gave commands to the driver and as backup approached they continued giving commands to the driver who was now outside of his vehicle on the driver's side.

Despite commands being continually given, the driver walked around the rear of the vehicle towards the passenger's side of the vehicle. The driver opened what appears to be the back-passenger door of the vehicle. As the driver reached into the vehicle, the on-duty officer Luis Serrato fires at the driver which causes him to go down. The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The female that was in the passenger seat of the vehicle was injured from gun fire. She was transported to the hospital and is reported to be in stable condition at the time of this release. An infant child was also discovered inside the vehicle. The child was not injured but was transported to the hospital with APD Victim Services as a precautionary measure. Investigators located a firearm at the scene of this incident.

As normal, both officers will be placed on paid Administrative Leave. The off-duty officer Gutierrez has been with the department for 5 years and the on-duty officer Luis Serrato has been with APD for 2 years.