Overview
- Officers who responded to a 911 call on Saturday, July 11, found Kristan Jeansonne unresponsive from a gunshot at 8303 Empress Boulevard and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Police say investigators determined that 42-year-old Donald Pyle shot his roommate during an altercation and arrested him at the home.
- Prosecutors have charged Pyle with first-degree murder and he remained held in the Travis County Jail as of Monday afternoon, July 13.
- Detectives from the APD Homicide Unit and Austin Forensic Science Crime Specialists processed the scene and police are asking anyone with information to contact APD or submit an anonymous tip to Capital Area Crime Stoppers.
- The case is recorded as Austin’s 34th homicide of 2026, a tally that follows several killings in mid-June and continues local focus on rising violent-crime trends.