The Austin Police Department (APD) has released new video footage and additional materials relating to the shooting and killing of 27-year-old Zachary Labrie in northwest Austin last week. The series of events started in the early hours of Thursday, Nov. 7, when Labrie was spotted driving recklessly on State Highway 71 near Bee Cave, according to information provided by KVUE.
APD reported that they attempted to pull Labrie over at approximately 3:11 a.m. after observing his speeding and erratic driving, however, he evaded arrest, leading the officers to discontinue the chase. Around 3:38 a.m., the now-deceased suspect appeared at the MAA Canyon Creek apartments, as caught on a Ring doorbell camera. Here he was seen exiting an orange Ford Ranger truck, donning a mask, and carrying a shotgun before forcing entry into a residence. Shortly after the incident, Labrie left the scene in the aforementioned truck, as detailed on MSN.
Within the next hour, at approximately 4:42 a.m., Labrie was involved in a carjacking at a nearby Starbucks, displacing a woman who was sitting in her vehicle. Then, what followed at 6:27 a.m. was another carjacking reported by a man at a local H-E-B grocery store, where the police later found the first stolen vehicle abandoned.
At around 8:30 a.m., the APD located Labrie back at the apartment complex, now with a different stolen vehicle. When officers approached him, Labrie allegedly fled and pointed a gun at them, prompting all three officers to discharge their firearms and shoot the suspect. In the aftermath of the shooting, despite attempts at life-saving measures by officers and Austin-Travis County EMS medics, Labrie was pronounced dead at 9:03 a.m., "Officers and Austin-Travis County EMS medics attempted life-saving measures, but Labrie was pronounced dead at 9:03 a.m," KVUE reports.
The officers involved in the shooting, who have been placed on administrative leave as per standard protocol, range in their tenure with the APD from four to 14 years. In an effort to maintain transparency, APD has released several pieces of evidence, including body camera footage from the officers and the detective, Ring camera video from the apartment complex, and two 911 audio recordings.
