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Additional charges filed in shooting outside Target store in Austin

An Austin police officer stands beside a police car with the front of the Target store where the shootings took place in the distance.
Lorianne Willett
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KUT News
Austin Police officers respond to a shooting in the parking lot of a Target at 8601 Research Boulevard in North Austin on Aug. 11. Three people died in the shooting.

The man accused of killing three people outside a Target store in North Austin last week, is facing additional charges, according to AGÕæÈ˰ټÒÀÖ County Jail records.

Ethan Nieneker had already been charged with two counts of capital murder and one count of first-degree felony murder. But Austin Police said last week that additional charges were possible.

show he is now facing eight total charges, including two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, aggravated robbery and attempted murder.

Police said he “randomly attacked� people in the parking lot of the Target store, killing three, including a four-year-old child. He then fled the scene, committing a series of acts that included breaking into several vehicles, assaulting two drivers and crashing into multiple cars. He also threw a brick into the home of an acquaintance in South Austin.

A review records from AGÕæÈ˰ټÒÀÖ and Williamson counties by KUT News revealed he had repeated run-ins with law enforcement over the last decade.

He remains in the AGÕæÈ˰ټÒÀÖ County jail on a $3.4 million bond.

Luz Moreno-Lozano is the Austin City Hall reporter at KUT. Got a tip? Email her at [email protected]. Follow her on X .
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