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An escalation of middle school drama led to the mass shooting on 6th Street last Saturday, which injured 13 and killed one man, an arrest affidavit obtained by KVUE shows.
The suspects, an unidentified 16-year-old and 17-year-old Jeremiah Roshaun Leeland James Tabb, are now in custody.
According to the TV station, the two knew each other from middle school and saw each other outside a bar at the 400 block of East Sixth Street. The 16 year old said Tabb walked by with "his crew" and approached him, asking "What y'all wanna do? Y'all wanna fight?"
One of the teens with the 16 year old responded, "It's whatever," when Tabb allegedly took a gun out from his waistband and began to fire shots. A member of the 16-year-old's group told police their group began to run away, hearing shots fired behind them.
The 16 year old also reported that Tabb had shot him in the leg previously in Killeen, Texas. The affidavit confirmed that there was a Killeen police report of the shooting.
A witness told police they saw one of the teens take out a gun in response to Tabb showing his weapon. The 16 year old said he shot back for their own protection. Investigators found eight shell casings from bullets in front of a bar that night.
Tabb is being charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as an adult, as the incident is still being investigated.
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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.
