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Case: 18-3100838
Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Time: 12:33 p.m.
Location: 1030 Norwood Park Blvd.
Deceased: Tony Lamar Huggins, Black male, 02/09/1993
Arrested: Isaac Thomas, Black male, 23-years-old
On November 6, 2018, at approximately 12:33 p.m., Austin 9-1-1 received a call about a man who was shot or stabbed in a parking lot located at 1030 Norwood Park Blvd. Austin police officers and EMS arrived to find Tony Huggins lying on the parking lot ground with a penetrating wound. Nearby citizens had already began CPR upon emergency personnel arrival. EMS took over rescue. Despite their best efforts, Huggins succumbed to his injury and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Austin police quickly established a crime scene and began gathering witnesses. Homicide detectives interviewed witnesses and determined that a shooting occurred during an illegal drug transaction.
The Travis County Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on the victim on Wednesday, November 7, and the manner of the death was ruled a homicide.
On November 7, 2018, Isaac Thomas was arrested for an unrelated charge in Bastrop County and is currently booked into the Bastrop County Jail.
On November 8, 2018, Austin Police Homicide Detectives filed a Capital Murder arrest warrant on Thomas. Thomas remains in custody with no bond.
Anyone with any additional information is asked to call the Homicide Tip Line at 512-477-3588, Crime Stoppers at 512-472-TIPS, text "Tip 103" + your message to CRIMES or use the new Crime Stoppers App or email APD Homicide at homcide.apd@austintexas.gov. You can also submit tips by downloading APD’s mobile app, Austin PD, for free on iPhone and Android.