Victims remembered in Austin Target shooting, new details revealed about suspect
YEAR-OLD ETHAN NIENEKER SEEN HERE WITH BRUISES AND. NIENEKER SEEN HERE WITH BRUISES AND BLOOD ON HISIS FACE. WITH BRUISES AND BLOOD ONON HIS FACE. POLICE SAY HE WAS. G. FOUND NAKED HOLDING A BIBLE AND CLAIMING TO BE JESUS. TO BE JESUS. PRISCILLA THOMPSON WITH MORE ON THAT. PRISCILLA THOMPSON WITH MORE ON THAT SHOCKING ATTACK. WITH MORE ON THAT SHOCKING ATTACK. >> Reporter: >> Reporter: TONIGHT, HARROWING NEW DETATAILS IN THE. NEW DETAILS IN THE SHOOTING RAMPAGE AT THIS TARARGET PARKING. THIS TARGET PARKING LOT THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE, INCLCLUDING A. PEOPLE, INCLUDING A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD, DEAD. FOURUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD, DEAD. 32-YEAR-OLD ETHAN. DEAD. 32-YEAR-OLD ETHAN NIENEKER APPEARING.
NIENEKER APPEARING BLOODY AND BRUISED IN THIHIS BOOKING. IN THIS BOOKING PHOTO, NOW CHARGED WIWITH THOSE MURDERS. WITH THOSE MURDERS. >> THE SUSPECT IS ARMED ANAND HAS SHOT. ARMED AND HAS SHOT MULTIPLE PEOPLE. >> Repeporter: POLICE. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY THE 911 CALLS STARARTED POURING IN. STARTED POURING IN AT 2:15 P.M. AUAUTHORITIES ARRIVED. AT 2:15 P.M. AUTHORITIES ARRIVED TO FIND HECTOR. TO FIND HECTOR MARTINEZ MacHUCA, A TARGET EMPLOYEE, TARGET EMPLOYEE, SHOT, TACT RANDOMLY WHILE COCOLLECTING. SHOPPING CARTS, POLICE SAY. >> HE WAS. >> HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERERE HE. TRANSPORTETED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED. HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DECEASED. DECEASED. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECT FIRED OFF. SUSPECT FIRED OFF MORE SHOTS BEFORE RUNNING UP TO A GRAY. MORE SHOTS BEFORE RUNNING UP TO A GRAY TOYOTATA, SHOOTING THE. DRIVER, 65-YEAR-OLD ADAM CHOW, AND KILLING HIS FOUR-. KILLING HIS FOUR- YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUAUGHTER ASTRID. IN THE BACK SEAT. THEY WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE SUSPECT THREW MR. CHOW'S WIFE FROM.
THE SUSPECT THREW MR. CHOW'S WIFE FROM THE VEHICLE AS SHE. THE VEHICLE AS SHE CLUTCHED THE CHILD, THEN STOLE THE CAR, CLUTCHED THE CHILD, THEN STOLE THE C CAR, SPED OFF, AND. SPED OFF, AND CRASHED D IT. >> OVER THE NEXT. HOUR, NIENEKER COMMITTED NOTABLE CRIMES, INCLUDING. CRIMES, INCLUDING CAUSING MULTIPLE CRASHES,S, ASSAULTING. CAUSING MUMULTIPLE CRASHES, ASSAULTING ANOTHER FEMALE. CRASHES, ASSAULTING ANOTHER FEMALE DRIVER AND STEALING. DRIVER AND STEALING HER VOLKSWAGEN. >> Reporter:r: POLICE. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY THEY FOUND HIM ACROSS T THE CITY IN A. SAY THEY FOUND HIM ACROSS THE CITY IN A BACKYARD N NAKED. ACROSS THE CITY IN A BACKYARD NAKED HOLDING A BIBLE. BACKYARD NAKED HOLDLDING A BIBLE WHERE THEY USED A. WHERE THEY USED A TASER TO BRING HIM DOWN. TASER R TO BRING HIM DOWN. >> HE SAID THAT HE. DOWN. >> HE SAID THAT HEHE WAS JESUS REARED AND.
>> HE SAID THAT HE WAS JESUS REARED AND THERE WAS REALLY NO. THERE WAS REALLY NO REASON WHATSOEVER GIVEN. GIVEN. IT WAS A COMPLETELY RANDOM CHOOSOSING OF. RANDOM CHOOSING OF VICTIMS. >> Reporter: TO. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, THE SUSPECT HAS A. L. HISTORY OF DENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, INCLCLUDING TWO 2018. HEALTH ISSUES, INCLUDING TWO 2018 POLICE CALLS FOR AN. INCLUDING TWO 2018 POLICE CALLS FOR AN EMOTIONALLY. EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED PERSON. AUSTININ POLICE SAY HE. AUSTIN POLICE SAY HE HAS BEEN CONONVICTED IN THE PAST FOR. IN THE PAST FOR VIOLATION OF A PRPROTECTIVE ORDER. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, AT US ALL. ALL. >> THIS MAN HAD SERIOUS ISSUES. SERIOUS ISSUES. THERE WERE SERIOUS FAILURES H HERE. FAILURES HERE. >> Reporter: ASHLEY Y WAS CHECKING OUT. WAS CHECKING OUT INSIDE THE TARGET T WITH HER DAUGHTER. WHEN GUNSHOTS RAN OUT. >> WE ARE NOT DOING. OUT. >> WE ARE NOT DOING WELL.
WELL. I FEEL NOTHING. I JUST F FEEL, LIKE, I FEEL NOTHING. I JUJUST FEEL, LIKE, VOID IN A WAY. I JUST FEEL, LIKE, VOID IN A WAY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. VOID IN A WAY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE CHOWS I REMEMBER. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE CHOWS I I REMEMBER HEARING ADAM AS THE. HEARING ADAM AS THE STEADY BACKBKBONE OF THE FAMILY AND YOUNG. THE FAMILY AND YOUNG ASTRID AS PURERE SILLINESS AND JOY, WRITING, WE ARE BROKEN AND MISSED THEM BOTH SO MUCH. BROKEN AND MISSED THEM BOTH SO MUCH. >> PRISCILLA JOINS. THEM BOTH SO MUCH. >> PRISCILLA JOINS US LIVE FROM THE. US LIVE FROM THE PARKING LOT IN AUSTIN. AUSTIN. IF THE SUSPECT HAD SUCH A DOCUMENTED. SUCH A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND MENENTAL. ACTIVITY AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, HOW DID HE GETET A GUN?
