City of Austin
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Case: 23-0211600
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2023
Time: 11:14 p.m.
Location: 4509 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd – Shell gas station
Deceased: Demps, Marquis, Black male, 09-30-80
Arrested: Yaseen Naz, Middle Eastern male, 25-years-old
On Saturday, January 21, 2023, at approximately 11:14 p.m., Austin Police Department (APD) officers responded to a shooting at the Shell gas station at 4509 E Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard. When officers arrived, they found Marquis Demps inside a vehicle in the Shell gas station parking lot with gunshot wounds to his body. Demps died at the scene.
Throughout the investigation, detectives determined that Demps was involved in an altercation with an employee of the Shell, Yaseen Naz, during which Naz shot Demps.
Yaseen Naz was arrested for murder and booked into the Travis County Jail.
Anyone with any information should contact the Austin Police Department at 512-974-TIPS. You may submit your tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477.
This case is being investigated as Austin's 6th homicide of 2023.