East Austin Shells gas station employee arrested for murder: APD

Austin, Texas – The Austin Police Department (APD) has arrested a 25-year-old man for murder following a shooting in East Austin.

Police said officers responded to shooting at a Shell gas station at 4509 E Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard around 11:14 p.m. on January 21.

When the officers arrived, they found the 42-year-old Marquis Demps in a car in the parking lot of a gas station with gunshot wounds to his body. Police said Demps died at the scene.

During the investigation, detectives determined that Demps was involved in an altercation with a Shell employee, 25-year-old Yasin Naz, during which Naz shot and killed Demps.

Yasin Naz was arrested for murder and imprisoned in the Travis County Jail.

Anyone with any information should contact the Austin Police Department at 512-974-TIPS. You can submit your review anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or by calling 512-472-8477.

The case is being investigated as Austin’s sixth murder in 2023.