AUSTIN (KXAN) — The family of Raj Moonesinghe will hold a press conference Tuesday morning at Austin City Hall.
Moonesinghe, 33, was shot and killed by Austin police officers outside of his south Austin home Nov. 15, 2022.
KXAN will live stream the press conference at 9 a.m. You can also watch it on Facebook.
Ring camera footage released by APD in December 2022 showed Moonesinghe outside his home pointing a rifle at something off-camera and saying, “Are you sure you want this?” The person who called 911 told dispatchers that Moonesinghe seemed to be scared of something inside his home. Moonesinghe fired into his home twice before police arrived.
Police arrived without sirens, the video showed, and one officer opened fire on Moonesinghe almost immediately after getting out of their patrol vehicle. The officer gave a command for Moonesinghe to put the gun down, but as the video showed, fired a split-second after he gave the command. The officer, later identified as Daniel Sanchez, hit Moonesinghe with gunfire and then Moonesinghe fell to the ground. Medics arrived at the scene nine minutes later and took Moonesinghe to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
APD also released body-worn camera footage of the incident. The full videos are available on APD’s Youtube page.
“While we understand the need for answers, criminal and administrative investigations require a thorough investigation, which may take an extended time to complete. These incidents are jointly investigated, the criminal by the Special Investigations Unit and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office—the administrative by Internal Affairs and the Office of Police Oversight. To maintain the integrity of the ongoing investigations, the Department has no further information to provide at this time,” APD said in a statement.
Sanchez remains on administrative leave, APD said Monday.
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