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Michael Ramos, a 42-year-old shot and killed by APD officer Christopher Taylor in late April, was reportedly unarmed, according to a public safety commissioner.

On the evening of Friday, April 24, a 911 call came in reporting two people were using drugs in a vehicle in a parking lot near East Oltorf Street and South Pleasant Valley Road in southeast Austin. The call stated that one man was reportedly holding a gun. Police believed the vehicle could have been involved in a burglary and evading police the day before, which APD Chief Brian Manley later confirmed.

Officers arrived on the scene and when they approached Ramos, police said he got out of the car but did not comply with officers' commands. APD Officer Mitchell Pieper fired from a less-lethal "bean bag" shotgun and Taylor then fired the fatal shot from his rifle. Ramos was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.