12-05-2025
APD: Two boys, ages 12 and 13, charged in death of man trying to recover stolen car
A 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy have been charged in connection with the death of an Austin man trying to recover his family's stolen vehicle, according to the Austin Police Department.
The juveniles have been charged with capital murder by terroristic threat, according to APD. Police said that both juveniles were inside the vehicle when 20-year-old Anthony Salas was killed during the May 3 incident.
Salas was shot, run over, and killed while attempting to recover his family's stolen vehicle near the intersection of Ross Road and Thorne Valley Drive, close to Del Valle Elementary School, according to an APD news release.
Authorities were alerted on May 3 when the Travis County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from a family reporting that their vehicle had been stolen from their driveway in the Sun Chase neighborhood in southeast Travis County, according to the release.
Austin police received a second 911 call at 3:21 a.m. reporting that someone, later identified as Salas, had been struck by a car near Del Valle Elementary School. Homicide detectives have identified several persons of interest seen on multiple cameras burglarizing several vehicles across south and east Austin on the night of May 2 and the early morning of May 3, according to the release.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Austin Police Department at 512-974-8477. You may submit your tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting or calling 512-472-8477.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: APD: Juveniles charged in death of man trying to recover stolen car
