Crime
Gun Barrel City Man Arrested After Woman Fatally Shot
Gun Barrel City, TX – A 23-year-old Gun Barrel City man has been arrested following the fatal shooting of a woman on Sunday, according to law enforcement officials.
John David Bunch-Stiles has been charged with criminally negligent homicide in connection with the death of 22-year-old Mackenzie Wisdom, also of Gun Barrel City.
He was taken into custody and booked into the Henderson County Jail, where he remains as of the latest reports.
The Gun Barrel City Police Department responded to a shooting call at approximately 4:08 p.m. on Sunday in the 300 block of Flagship Lane.
Upon arrival, officers discovered Wisdom suffering from a gunshot wound.
She was transported to a nearby hospital, where she later succumbed to her injuries.
The Gun Barrel City Police Department, along with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Henderson County District Attorney’s Office, launched an investigation, which led to Bunch-Stiles’ arrest.
Authorities believe this to be an isolated incident, though the circumstances leading up to the shooting remain under investigation.
Bunch-Stiles was officially booked into the Henderson County Jail on Monday.
No further details have been released at this time.
AUSTIN, Texas — A man was taken into custody Saturday afternoon following a shooting inside the Austin Central Library that left one person seriously injured and prompted a large emergency response and temporary shelter-in-place order in the downtown area.
According to the Austin Police Department (APD), officers responded shortly after 12:00 p.m. to reports of gunfire inside the Austin Central Library, located at 710 W. César Chávez Street.
Upon arrival, police and Austin-Travis County EMS units found one victim suffering from a gunshot wound.
The individual was transported to a local hospital in serious but stable condition.
Assistant Police Chief Lee Rogers stated during a press briefing that the shooter fled the scene before officers arrived.
After an extensive search, the suspect—identified as 55-year-old Harold Newton Keene—was located and arrested in South Austin at approximately 1:25 p.m.
The library was safely evacuated, and the shelter-in-place alert was lifted shortly after Keene’s apprehension.
Authorities emphasized that the shooting appeared to be an isolated incident involving only one suspect and one victim.
“This was not an active shooter situation,” Rogers confirmed.
Preliminary reports and public records reveal that Harold Newton Keene has a lengthy criminal history, including multiple arrests for assault, family violence, terroristic threats, burglary, drug possession, and evading arrest.
He is described by law enforcement officials as a habitual violent offender who has had numerous prior run-ins with police.
Records indicate Keene was previously arrested for threatening a man with a firearm several months ago and, in a separate incident, assaulted another inmate while in custody at the Travis County Jail.
In both cases, prosecutors later declined to pursue charges.
Authorities have not yet released a possible motive for the shooting or confirmed whether the suspect and victim knew each other.
The Austin Police Department’s Major Crimes Division is leading the investigation.
Anyone with information related to the incident is urged to contact the Austin Police Department or Crime Stoppers at 512-472-TIPS.