Bodycam footage shows moments before deadly north Austin shooting involving APD officers
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department released bodycam footage Tuesday from a Sept. 10 deadly shooting in north Austin involving officers.
The incident began with a call to Austin 911 around 10:59 p.m. about a man, later identified as 59-year-old Franklin Earl Miller, who was attempting to break into a business at 1724 West Anderson Lane, according to police. The caller also said Miller appeared to have a gun on him.
When officers arrived on the scene, they attempted to de-escalate the situation and tried to get Miller to comply with officers' commands for around 14 minutes, according to police. That included police telling him to put his firearm down.
Bodycam video shows where Miller raised his gun and pointed it at officers, and that is when officers discharged their department-approved firearms. Life-saving measures were then performed on Miller immediately after, according to police.
APD released one 911 audio file, one police radio traffic audio file, bodycam footage from Jauregui and patrol car dash camera from Browne, the release said Tuesday.
All of those materials are linked and available on APD's YouTube.
The footage contains graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised.
A total of five APD officers discharged their department-approved firearms, the agency said in a news release on Sept. 16.
APD identified those officers in the release, and their information is provided below:
- Officer Adam Korody, who has been with APD six years and seven months
- Officer Nathan McCollum, who has been with the APD one year
- Officer Joseph Browne, who has been with APD four months
- Officer William Gilley, who has been with APD eight months
- Officer Daniel Jauregui, who has been with APD one year and nine months
Additionally, a sixth officer was identified as Officer Jeremmy Santos, who has been with APD for four months. Police said he deployed a pepper-spray projectile. All six officers were placed on administrative leave, per APD protocol.
Austin-Travis County EMS arrived on the scene and pronounced Miller dead at 11:33 p.m., according to police.
Anyone who has any information on this case can call APD's Special Investigation Unit at (512) 974-6840 or Capitol Area Crime Stoppers at (512) 472-8477.