One Dead in Officer-Involved Shooting

APD Officer Steven Peña was placed on administrative leave this week after he shot and killed 30-year-old Gilberto Vallejo. Police Chief Art Acevedo told reporters Vallejo fired a gun into an apartment on Burton Drive in South Austin early Monday morning and later fired a single shot toward Peña and another officer after pointing his weapon at them in a "menacing and threatening manner." Vallejo had fired his weapon into a unit at the English Aire apartment complex, where a woman he had dated was living. She was not at home, but her daughter, son-in-law, and 2-year-old grandson were inside; none of them was hurt. Vallejo was transported to the hospital, where he died. Acevedo told reporters that the son-in-law thanked him for the department's quick response.