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Homicide at 4600 Elmont Drive

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City of Austin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release Date: Jan. 25, 2021
Contact: Public Information Office     512-974-5017    Email

Case:           21-0221605        
 
Date:           Friday, January 22, 2021
 
Time:           10:14 p.m.
 
Location:     4600 Elmont Dr.
 
Deceased:    Adrian Lamar Haynes, Black male, born 4/4/2000
 
Arrested:      Roger Chimney, Black male, 21 years old
(Booking photo not yet releasable pending further investigation) 
 
On Friday, January 22, 2021, Austin 9-1-1 received a call that a person had been shot at 4600 Elmont Dr. APD officers arrived on scene and found two male subjects that had been shot while seated in a vehicle. The suspect was not on scene. Austin-Travis County EMS arrived and attended to both victims but the driver of the vehicle was pronounced deceased on scene. The front passenger, who called 9-1-1, was transported to a local hospital. 
 
Homicide investigators and crime scene personnel arrived and began to investigate. It was learned during the investigation that the two victims had been contacted by the suspect, who wished to purchase a small amount of marijuana. The suspect arrived to purchase the marijuana and at one point during the meeting shot both victims and left the scene. 
 
The suspect was identified as Roger Chimney. A warrant was issued for his arrest and Chimney was subsequently located and arrested by the Lonestar Fugitive Task Force. He is currently in custody at the Travis County jail. 
 
The deceased victim has been identified as Adrian Lamar Haynes.
 
The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy and the official cause of death was ruled gunshot wounds and manner of death Homicide. This is Austin's 3rd homicide of 2021.
 
Detectives are asking anyone with information or video of the incident to call APD Homicide at 512-974-TIPS; the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 512-472-8477 (TIPS), use the new Crime Stoppers App, or email APD Homicide at homicide.apd@austintexas.gov. You may remain anonymous. You can also submit tips by downloading APD’s mobile app, Austin PD, free on iPhone and Android.

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