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Police investigating two early morning shootings after officer shoots, injures man in North Austin

Austin Police are investigating two North Austin shootings after an officer shot a man early Saturday morning. (Pixabay)
An investigation is underway after an Austin Police officer shot and injured a man off I-35 in North Austin early Saturday morning.
The man is in stable condition after being taken to a local hospital, according to Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon. APD said in a morning press conference that witnesses at the scene told police that a man on foot had shot a woman, who had already left in a vehicle.
Police responded to the scene near the intersection with St. John's Avenue at around 2:30 a.m and later found a man who matched the description in a nearby motel parking lot.
Chacon said the suspect ignored officers' demands to get on the ground and walked in between two vehicles. An officer then found himself "face to face" with the suspect and shot the man.
A gun was found at the scene after officers treated the man for his injuries.
The shooting comes after a woman was killed in another North Austin motel early Saturday morning, marking the 10th homicide of 2022.
Police were looking for a shooting suspect at the time of the officer-involved shooting, Chacon said, and are looking for connections between the two crimes.
The officer involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative duty, and APD will release video footage of the incident within 10 business days.
Police have yet to find information on the suspect involved in the homicide and are asking anyone with information on the two crimes to call 911.
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Austin police are investigating the killing of Moriah "Mo" Wilson after she was found with gunshot wounds inside an Austin home.
Wilson, a gravel and mountain bike racer, was visiting Austin from Colorado in preparation for the Gravel Locos race on Saturday taking place in Hico, a small town 2 hours from Austin.
On Wednesday, her roommate came home and found Wilson unresponsive with "a lot of blood near her,” police said. It is now being investigated as a suspicious death. No further information on the suspect or motive behind the killing are available at this time.
Wilson recently had become a full-time biker after winning a slew of races in the past year.
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Some of your favorite Instagram filters can’t be used in Texas anymore and Austinites are sounding off on social media.
Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, announced on Wednesday that certain filters would no longer be available in Texas.
The change is a result of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against Meta, alleging the company uses facial recognition technology that violates laws in Texas. A release from Meta says it stopped using facial recognition tech in November 2021 and denies Paxton’s allegations.
Some Austinites bemoaned the shift, saying some of their favorite filters were now unavailable.
This was my FAVORITE filter on @instagram and they done removed it cause I’m in Texas ! Like wowwwwww pic.twitter.com/uX60hdIC0Q
— Pinkyy Montana (@inkstar_pinkyy) May 11, 2022
i heard that instagram filters got banned in texas? what the actual fuck y’all better give me my favorite filter back
— lia 🤍 (@liatootrill) May 11, 2022
loved this stupid filter sm i hate texas pic.twitter.com/DXr9mmUc64
— birthday boy jeno 🎂 (@beabtox) May 12, 2022
But more often than not, locals joked about the ban.
Texas women seeing the filter ban on IG pic.twitter.com/yDMcP3Qtsr
— Christian (Anabolic) Flores (@christian_flo24) May 11, 2022
So, the state of Texas has banned filter use on IG? THE END IS NEAR. 😂
— THE FRANCHISE! Франшиза (@NYCFranchise718) May 12, 2022
And some in-between chose to show off some natural beauty.
I live in Texas, but no filter needed. 😉 pic.twitter.com/A6teRgYMKn
— bad and bruja (@starseedmami) May 11, 2022
filter, no filter..texas women still reign supreme.
— 🎍 (@_sixile) May 11, 2022
Finally, some are trying to cash in on the opportunity.
Texas IG users- if you want to filter your picture cashapp me $1.50 $ErvnYng
— Gemini (@ervn_y) May 11, 2022
Meta said it plans to create an opt-in system for both Texas and Illinois residents, who are facing the same issues.