Officer No-Billed In Carter Shooting

Grand jury declines to indict

Byron Carter was killed by Austin Police on May 30, 2011
Byron Carter was killed by Austin Police on May 30, 2011 (Courtesy of Carter family)

Sources tell us a Travis County grand jury has declined to indict Austin Police Officer Nathan Wagner for the fatal shooting last May of 20-year-old Byron Carter.

Travis County D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg is set to hold a press conference on the no-bill at 11am, a presser at APD will follow.

Find background on the shooting here and here.

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