The Austin Police Department arrested a 25-year-old man for murder following a shooting in East Austin. Longtime customers have come to his defense.
Police said after the altercation, Demps came into the store and destroyed property before leaving. It is not known what led to the disturbance. Later, Naz allegedly shot Demps.can’t say enough good things about Naz.
"Always in a good mood. Generous, respectful. Just a fun guy," said Cortney Sherman, a distributor who works with the store."Every time I come here, he makes me laugh. I make him laugh like we have. That's my boy," said regular customer Vetrice Smith. "He would never do anything like that unless, you know, something had to go down," said Jojo, another regular customer.caused a verbal disturbance that turned physical"There was some type of altercation happening inside the store, and that’s what started everything," said Austin Police Officer Alexandra Parker early Sunday morning.
According to court documents, Naz told police Demps waved a knife at the workers, so Naz grabbed a gun, telling Demps to leave. Instead, court documents say surveillance video shows Demps trashing the store.Naz’s father showed FOX 7 the damaged merchandise and display cases in the store. He says Demps broke the glass at the counter and ripped out the computer and credit card machine.
"Sometimes it's the people that are humble that you know, bad people expect them not to do anything," said longtime customer Michael Dunn.
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