People, don't go out looking for who is and isn't wearing masks along South Congress
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Austin Police Looking for Man in Fatal South Congress Pedestrian Incident
AUSTIN -- The Travis County District Attorney's office is filing vehicular manslaughter charges against a Williamson County man who struck and killed 7 people, and injured 32 others. An attorney for the unidentified man has been notified to surrender his client to Travis County authorities, according to a statement from the district attorney's offie.
Related: Witnesses describe man running over multiple pedestrians who weren't wearing masks.
The charges maybe upgraded from vehicular manslaughter to vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. If convicted of all 7 accounts, the senior citizen could be facing anywhere from probation to 21 years in state prison.
The victims were all walking along South Congress, hanging around stores, or sitting at various outdoor patios and decks of local restaurants when the man, believed to be in his mid-60s, appears to have hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes of his 1992 Buick LeSabre. Prior to the deadly incident, the man had been spotted asking people if they had attended college or were "woke", and was apparently using a antique Texas Instruments calculator to determine a rough estimate of how many people were wearing masks. He was also seen taking photographs of women, with a camera that he was holding upside-down. After being asked to stop taking photographs, he entered his car, pulled on to South Congress, and then began running over people. Witnesses implored him to stop, but he appears to have been distracted both with his calcuations of mask usage, and with trying to hold his camera right-side up.
The only reason the man's car stopped long enough for witnesses to take down the license plate and give police a description, is because two bodies trapped beneath the vehicle had slowed it down. As the man pulled the bodies out from underneath his car, he was heard screaming "why couldn't you have been Tom Herman?" He was then able to drive away, and later led law enforcement officers on a low-speed chase, until he reached an unincorporated part of Williamson County, where he declared the officers had no jurisdiction.
Law enforcement officials believe the individual was conscious during the numerous collisions with pedestrians, and state that there was no evidence that he attempted to brake and slow the car down throughout the ordeal.
Once the individual turns himself in, bail will be set - officials are recommending at least $100,000.