“He said that he was Jesus and there was no real reason whatsoever given,” Austin Homicide detective Nathan Sexton said of the accused mentally ill gunman’s violent spree.

The 32-year-old who police believe killed three people in a north Austin parking lot Monday was not supposed to be in possession of a gun, legal experts told KXAN.

This case is being investigated as Austin's 38th homicide of 2025.