On the night of April 25, 2025, 20-year-old Black female Gabrielle Williams was fatally shot near a homeless encampment in North Austin, Texas. At approximately 11:29 p.m., multiple 911 calls reported gunfire in the wooded area behind 506 E. Rundberg Lane, adjacent to the Affordable Car Wash. Responding officers discovered Gabrielle Williams unresponsive on the sidewalk in front of the car wash, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
Her boyfriend had carried her from their tent in the encampment to the sidewalk in an attempt to seek help. Despite emergency efforts, Gabrielle Williams was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:30 a.m.
Investigations revealed that Gabrielle Williams was with her boyfriend near their tent when an unidentified suspect approached and shot her multiple times before fleeing the scene. Homicide detectives and crime scene specialists processed the area and interviewed witnesses, but no arrests have been made, and no suspect descriptions have been released. The Austin Police Department is treating this as the city's 20th homicide of 2025 and is urging anyone with information to contact them at 512-974-TIPS or submit anonymous tips through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program.
