Overview
- Nearly 400 people were inside and in the Bare Cabaret parking lot when a fight escalated into gunfire just before 4 a.m. on July 5, leaving 23-year-old VT Wood-Davion Olden Hornsby and 19-year-old Layla Williamson dead.
- The Travis County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victims and announced arrest warrants for 19-year-old James Mackeise Shearrion and 20-year-old Kevin Curtis Parrish on capital murder charges.
- Hornsby was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:22 a.m. and Williamson was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 5:14 a.m., according to sheriff’s office timelines.
- Investigators say the crowded, chaotic scene complicated emergency response and evidence collection and that detectives are reviewing surveillance video and interviewing numerous witnesses as the probe continues.
- Authorities emphasize there is no known ongoing threat, have asked anyone with information to call the sheriff’s tipline or Crime Stoppers, and family members of the victims are calling for justice.