Austin shooting suspect named, timeline of terror revealed after teens’ alleged 28-hour, 12-attack rampage

Texas constabulary person released the mugshot of 1 of the 3 juveniles arrested implicit the play successful transportation with 12 abstracted shooting incidents crossed Austin that injured 4 people, arsenic good arsenic a timeline of the alleged 28-hour rampage.

Cristian Fajardo Mondragon, 17, was taken into custody Sunday aft allegedly partaking successful a citywide shooting spree that near 4 radical injured, struck 2 occurrence stations and triggered a shelter-in-place bid successful South Austin, the Austin Police Department said successful a statement. 

Mondragon was arrested alongside 2 further suspects, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, constabulary said. Their names person not been released owed to a statewide instrumentality regarding what accusation tin beryllium made nationalist involving juvenile suspects. 

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Cristian Fajardo Mondragon, 17, is 1 of 3 suspects accused successful an overnight transgression spree involving 12 shootings passim Austin, Texas, connected May 16, 2026. (Austin Police Department)

The incidental began astir 11:30 a.m. Saturday, erstwhile officers received a study of a stolen firearm from a section business. Surveillance footage subsequently revealed the conveyance driven by the suspects had besides been precocious stolen, according to authorities. 

Less than 5 hours later, authorities confirmed the archetypal alleged shooting astatine a trailer residence. However, nary injuries were reported. 

At 4:30 p.m., officers responded to different shooting astatine the Whisper Hollow flat complex, successful which aggregate vehicles and an occupied flat were struck by gunfire. Witness descriptions and surveillance footage of the suspects led authorities to judge the 2 shootings were connected.

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Surveillance footage released by Austin constabulary shows a fishy investigators said was progressive successful aggregate shooting incidents crossed Austin. (Austin Police Department)

Approximately 2 hours later, a 3rd shooting was reported aft witnesses observed a fishy wearing a achromatic hoodie exiting a achromatic sedan astatine different flat analyzable and firing done the doorway of a third-floor unit, constabulary said. 

Authorities said that astatine 7 p.m., a radical of suspects matching erstwhile surveillance footage of the alleged shootings stole a Hyundai Elantra from a Motel 6 parking lot, with different shooting being reported conscionable 90 minutes later. 

At 8:49 p.m., authorities said a fishy fired a weapon into an Austin Fire Department presumption portion firefighters were inside. Thankfully, nary injuries were reported.

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Austin constabulary shared a photograph of a achromatic Kia sedan believed to beryllium stolen successful transportation with 12 shootings passim Austin, Texas, connected May 16, 2026. (Austin Police Department)

Just six minutes later, authorities received a study that suspects matching the aforesaid statement had fired shots from their conveyance and struck the windshield of an occupied car. One unfortunate wrong the conveyance was injured by breached glass, according to police. 

By 3:50 a.m. Sunday, constabulary said the suspects allegedly stole different vehicle, with authorities discovering a erstwhile conveyance containing slug harm abandoned adjacent 1800 E. Stassney Lane hours later.

Authorities received a study astir 8:46 a.m. regarding a unfortunate who had been changeable successful the backmost and tummy adjacent 7409 Janes Ranch Road by a fishy matching erstwhile witnesser descriptions surrounding the alleged shootings.

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Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis speaks during a property league alongside metropolis officials pursuing a bid of shootings crossed Austin. (Austin Police Department)

Shortly after, officers recovered respective different stolen vehicles believed to beryllium connected to the alleged shooting spree.

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A 2nd incidental involving shots being fired into different Austin Fire Department presumption was reported astir 10:46 a.m., with the suspects allegedly stealing yet different conveyance — a achromatic Kia Optima — 3 hours later. 

At 1:44 p.m., authorities said 2 victims were changeable successful a drive-by shooting involving a achromatic Kia Optima, with 2 further shootings being reported wrong 20 minutes.

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At 2:29 p.m., authorities said surveillance footage showed a achromatic Kia sedan approaching a unfortunate earlier the idiosyncratic fell to the crushed with an evident gunshot wound. The unfortunate was subsequently transported to a section infirmary with life-threatening injuries. 

About 1 hr later, officers with the Manor Police Department spotted the Kia sedan believed to beryllium connected to the alleged shootings, prompting a pursuit successful which the 3 suspects abandoned the conveyance and fled connected foot.

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One fishy was instantly detained, with authorities taking the different 2 individuals into custody separately aft a little search.

The incidents led to the injuries of 4 radical and 5 vehicles being stolen, constabulary said.

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"At this time, investigators judge the incidents were a premix of random and targeted shootings," APD said successful a statement. "Some victims were known to the suspects, portion different incidents appeared to hap without immoderate known connection."

Davis went connected to picture the probe arsenic "complex" due to the fact that of the sheer fig of transgression scenes, stolen vehicles and random shootings passim the city.

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Formal charges against the 3 suspects stay nether review, but are expected to see aggravated battle with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault/motor vehicle, deadly conduct, unauthorized usage of a centrifugal vehicle, evading arrest, theft of a firearm and different related offenses, APD said. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Austin Police Department for comment. 

Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner and Michael Sinkewicz contributed to this report.