APD: Suspect at large after man shot, killed at Austin mobile home park

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department is asking for the public's help to find a person of interest who police believe is connected with a homicide at a southeast Austin mobile home park on Saturday night.

Austin Police said they received a call about a shooting at 10:39 p.m. at 1430 Frontier Drive, which is close to the Frontier Valley Mobile Home Park, near U.S. Highway 183 and Montopolis Drive.

When officers arrived, they found a man unresponsive with “apparent trauma to his body,” APD said.

The man was identified as Mario Palacios-Carrillo, 44, APD said. He died at the scene at 10:56 p.m.

According to police, several people were seen in the area at the time of the incident. Police believe Palacios-Carrillo was shot by an unknown suspect who remains at large. 

No arrests have been made as of Monday. 

This is being investigated as Austin’s 44th homicide this year.

Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to contact the Austin Police Department at 512-974-TIPS. You can also submit a tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477.