{"id":54181,"date":"2023-01-25T19:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T00:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181"},"modified":"2023-01-25T19:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T00:54:11","slug":"austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181","title":{"rendered":"Austin gas station shooting: longtime customers rally behind clerk charged with murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

The Austin Police Department (APD)\u00a0arrested<\/a> a 25-year-old man for murder following a shooting in East Austin. This hasn’t stopped longtime customers from coming to the defense of Yaseen Naz.<\/p>\n

Police said on Sunday, around 11:14 p.m., officers responded to a shooting at the Shell gas station at 4509 E Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard.<\/p>\n

When officers arrived, they found 42-year-old Marquis Demps inside a car in the gas station parking lot with gunshot wounds to his body. Police said Demps died at the scene.<\/a><\/p>\n

Throughout the investigation, detectives determined Demps was involved in an altercation with an employee of the Shell, Naz.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ATLANTA, BALTIMORE, DETROIT: STUDY SHOWS DEMOCRAT-RUN CITIES HAVE HIGHEST HOMICIDE RATES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Despite this, customers who frequent the family-owned Shell gas station<\/a> can\u2019t say enough good things about Naz.<\/p>\n

“Always in a good mood. Generous, respectful. Just a fun guy,” said Cortney Sherman, a distributor who works with the store.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“He would never do anything like that unless, you know, something had to go down,” said Jojo, another regular customer.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, Demps came into the store and caused a verbal disturbance that turned physical<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“There was some type of altercation happening inside the store, and that\u2019s what started everything,” said Austin Police Officer Alexandra Parker early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

NEVADA OFFICER RESCUED BY GOOD SAMARITAN AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE LEG DURING SHOOTOUT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Naz\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes it’s the people that are humble that you know, bad people expect them not to do anything,” said longtime customer Michael Dunn.<\/p>\n

But police say Naz did do something. As Demps left, Naz followed him into the parking lot and shot him multiple times through his car window<\/a>. Police specifically cited those circumstances in the murder warrant.<\/p>\n

“He don’t deserve that. He doesn’t deserve first-degree murder,” said Dunn. “I feel like it’s in a way it’s not self-defense, but it is self-defense.”<\/p>\n

Naz is being held at the Travis County Jail on $1 million bond, facing a first-degree murder charge from Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza’s office. He\u2019s due in court Feb. 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Austin has struggled with violent crime since the city council voted to slash the police department’s funding by about one-third in August 2020. That funding has since been restored, but scores of APD officers left in the wake of that funding cut, plus a perceived lack of support from the mayor and city council at the time. Response times to 9-11 calls have reportedly soared<\/a> since that 2020 funding vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Austin Police Department (APD)\u00a0arrested a 25-year-old man for murder following a shooting in East Austin. This hasn’t stopped longtime customers from coming to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-54181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAustin gas station shooting: longtime customers rally behind clerk charged with murder - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Austin gas station shooting: longtime customers rally behind clerk charged with murder - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Austin Police Department (APD)\u00a0arrested a 25-year-old man for murder following a shooting in East Austin. This hasn’t stopped longtime customers from coming to the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-26T00:54:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"Austin gas station shooting: longtime customers rally behind clerk charged with murder\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-26T00:54:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181\"},\"wordCount\":549,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181\",\"name\":\"Austin gas station shooting: longtime customers rally behind clerk charged with murder - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-26T00:54:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Austin gas station shooting: longtime customers rally behind clerk charged with murder\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Austin gas station shooting: longtime customers rally behind clerk charged with murder - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Austin gas station shooting: longtime customers rally behind clerk charged with murder - Wall Street PR","og_description":"The Austin Police Department (APD)\u00a0arrested a 25-year-old man for murder following a shooting in East Austin. This hasn’t stopped longtime customers from coming to the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2023-01-26T00:54:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"Austin gas station shooting: longtime customers rally behind clerk charged with murder","datePublished":"2023-01-26T00:54:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181"},"wordCount":549,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181","name":"Austin gas station shooting: longtime customers rally behind clerk charged with murder - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-01-26T00:54:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/austin-gas-station-shooting-longtime-customers-rally-behind-clerk-charged-with-murder-54181#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Austin gas station shooting: longtime customers rally behind clerk charged with murder"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54181"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=54181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}