Would-Be Rapper Arrested For Capital Murder
Rashad Charjuan Owens, like so many who perform at the South By Southwest music festival, had hopes of making it into the big time. Instead he drove a car into the packed crowds of music fans on the streets of Austin Friday night. In the midst of attempting to flee a routine traffic stop, Owens drove his borrowed Honda into the crowds thronging the streets and continued to drive for nearly three city blocks without ever hitting the breaks according to the dash cam video released from one of the cruisers at the scene. At no time were brake lights evident, even as victims were flung into the air by the speeding vehicle. Two victims are dead and twenty-two injured with at least seven still hospitalized.
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