City of Austin
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Case: 22-0300235
Date: Sunday, January 30, 2022
Time: 2:43 a.m.
Location: 717 E. 7th St. (Gulf Station)
Arrested: Harvey Hemphill, Black male, 30-years-old
Fidel Jaimes-Carachure, White male, 17-years-old
Two juveniles
The Austin Police Department (APD) has made four arrests as part of the department’s commitment to removing illegal guns across the city, and with a specific focus centered on the downtown area.
On Sunday, January 30, 2022, at about 2:43 a.m., APD officers assigned to the Downtown Unit, responded to a disturbance at the Gulf gas station on 717 E. 7th St. HALO operators observed multiple male subjects pulling out firearms in the parking lot. They were then observed getting into a black Nissan Altima, and leaving the scene.
Officers located the vehicle in the 600 block of IH 35 Svrd. NB., in front of the Wendy's. Four male subjects, three of them juveniles, were arrested for illegal possession of firearms, including an AK-47, and possession of narcotics including methamphetamine and ecstasy.