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A Travis County grand jury has indicted Austin Police Officer
Christopher Taylor on a charge of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of
Michael Ramos at a Southeast Austin apartment complex on April 24, 2020, a source close to the case confirms to the
Chronicle.
The
Statesman reports that a warrant has been issued for Taylor’s arrest, but as of Wednesday evening, he had not been booked into the Travis County jail. Travis County District Attorney
José Garza could not confirm or deny the indictment, because state law prevents him from doing so until a subject is in custody.
The police response that led to the fatal shooting began with a 911 caller falsely claiming that Ramos was doing drugs in his vehicle, was threatening a female companion, and that he had a gun. Cell phone video recorded by bystanders and seen widely in the days following the shooting shows Ramos with both hands in the air while the eight officers on scene shout commands at him. Body cam footage
Austin Police Department Chief Brian Manley announced his resignation from the department during a Feb. 12 press conference at APD HQ. (Photo by John Anderson)
Austin police Chief Brian Manley announced Friday that he will retire on March 28, following a year in which criminal justice activists and community members have called for him to resign. That call began over how Manley handled revelations that a former assistant chief regularly used racist language, then accelerated following the violent response to Black Lives Matter protesters his officers engaged in over the summer.
Born and raised in Austin, Manley began his career as an APD patrol officer in 1991. He steadily moved up the chain, serving as lieutenant, commander, assistant chief, and, finally, chief of staff to Art Acevedo before being named interim chief when Acevedo departed to lead the Houston Police Department in 2016. He rose to national prominence for his handling of the three-week bombing spr