Police killings
2013-2020

Paul Cantu

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 1/29/2019

Austin, Travis, TX
7500 E William Cannon Dr

Police found Paul Andrew Cantu around 1:40 a.m. inside a vehicle that they had been searching for, police said. Cantu was holding a gun to his head, and Officers Luis Camacho and Robert Mattingly reportedly tried to coax Cantu into putting the weapon down, but they shot and killed him when he allegedly pointed the gun at them.