Michael Capochiano, who attended the protest, told US statesman Austin that the murdered protester had a rifle and that the driver of the car fired multiple shots at him before walking away. Police said the driver was detained and was cooperating with investigators.
Austin police did not identify the murdered protesters, but the man’s mother said his name was Garrett Foster, The Dallas Morning News reported.
Sheila Foster said her son was pushing his fiancée’s wheelchair through the intersection when the man crossed the march.
Meanwhile, in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado, a protester shot and wounded someone after a car passed through a crowd on an interstate highway, police said. The injured person was taken to a hospital in stable condition. Police did not reveal many details about the shooting, even if the person who was shot had been in the car. Police said on Twitter that the protesters also caused “further damage” to a court.
Protesters in Oakland, California, set fire to a courtroom, damaged a police station, smashed windows, painted graffiti, fired fireworks, and laser-targeted officers after a peaceful demonstration Saturday night that turned into riots. the police said.
In Virginia’s capital Richmond, a garbage truck was set on fire when several hundred protesters and police clashed Saturday night during a rally in support of protesters in Portland. Police declared it to be an “illegal assembly” around 11 pm and used what appeared to be tear gas to disperse the group. Five people were arrested in the incident and charged with illegal gathering. A sixth person was also arrested and charged with rioting and assault against a law enforcement officer.
In downtown Atlanta on Sunday, federal agents examined damage to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility where the windows were smashed on Saturday night. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said FBI spokesman Kevin Rowson in an email. No arrests have been announced.
And in Baltimore, people in a group of nearly 100 protesters spray-painted anti-police messages on a Fraternal Order of Police building and adjacent sidewalks Saturday night, The Baltimore Sun reported.
