Stephen Mark Peter

Death by Force

On May 20, 2024, at approximately 3:50 a.m., 49-year-old Stephen Mark Peterman was fatally shot while walking his dog near his residence on Amarillo Avenue in northwest Austin, Texas. Peterman, a retired U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant and employee of Texas Gas Service, was discovered unresponsive in the street with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigations by the Travis County Sheriff's Office revealed that Peterman had likely interrupted a burgla ...Read More

KXAN Austin: TCSO: Man shot multiple times, killed during early morning burglary

KEYE: Affidavit: Man shot dead while walking dog, interrupted vehicle burglary in NW Austin

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