AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- One man is dead and another is recovering in the hospital following a shooting late Friday night at an east Austin apartment complex.
Austin Police responded to the Ballpark North Apartments on Elmont Drive, near South Pleasant Valley Road, around 10 p.m. Friday. When they arrived, they found two male victims lying on the ground.
Police said one of the men was pronounced deceased at the scene, with the other being transported to a nearby hospital. He's said to be in stable condition.
Police say it appears that two groups of people were firing gunshots at each other shortly before officers were called to the scene.
Witnesses told police that two Black men fled the scene in a black sedan shortly after shooting the two victims.
Anyone with information on the case is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 512-472-8477 or the APD Homicide Tip Line at 512-477-3588.
The incident is the third homicide of 2021.
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