Posts Tagged ‘Cristian Mondragon’

Austin Spree Shooter Is Illegal Alien

Thursday, May 21st, 2026

Hey, remember Cristian Fajardo Mondragon, one of three teenagers arrested in that Austin shooting spree that happened all of four days ago? Turns out he’s an illegal alien with an ICE detainer.

A 17-year-old suspect arrested in connection with a weekend shooting rampage across Austin that left four people injured is now facing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer.

Cristian Fajardo Mondragon appeared in court Tuesday where prosecutors revealed he is not a U.S. citizen and has an active ICE hold. He was also on probation through the juvenile justice system at the time of his arrest and has a juvenile detainer.

Austin Police arrested three suspects—Mondragon, 17, and two additional juveniles aged 15 and 16—in connection with 12 separate shooting incidents that occurred between Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17. The shooting spree injured four people, including one victim who remains in critical condition at a trauma center.

The violent crime wave also struck five vehicles, four homes, two Austin Fire Department stations, and three fire trucks. Police say the suspects stole at least five vehicles during the spree and may have switched between them multiple times.

Mondragon has been charged with six felonies including two counts of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, two counts of aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, theft of firearms, and evading arrest with a motor vehicle. He is being held without bond.

According to authorities, Mondragon had an active warrant for stealing a firearm from the same store where the 15-year-old suspect allegedly stole another gun on Saturday. The two younger suspects have not been publicly identified due to their juvenile status.

Mondragon seems to be just the sort of illegal alien felon Democrats want to defend with their dying breath. Another report says that Mondragon “has no bond.” I rather strongly suspect that if Mondragon and company’s crime spree hadn’t been so high profile as to trigger shelter in place alerts on people’s iPhones, Soros-backed Travis County DA Jose Garza would already be working on a way to get him back on the street as quickly as possible.

Democrats also claim to be against “gun violence,” yet when their precious felons do commit crimes with guns, soft-on-crime blue city prosecutors quickly turn them back out on the street to re-offend. Mondragon should have been held and/or deported after his first gun theft.

Convict him, deport him and any illegal alien family members, and if his crime spree friends are illegal aliens too, deport them and their families as well.

Random Shooter At Loose In Austin

Sunday, May 17th, 2026

It seems like a crazy random shooter is loose in Austin.

Police are searching for a suspect or suspects driving a damaged vehicle in connection with a series of apparently random shootings that happened across the city Saturday.
Suspect wanted

The Austin Police Department issued an urgent appeal to the community on Sunday, asking residents to remain vigilant as detectives work to establish a motive and identify those responsible.

According to investigators, the Saturday shootings appeared to target random locations and victims, with no clear pattern or connecting motive identified so far.

Authorities described the suspect as a white or Hispanic male in his late teens.

The suspect vehicle is described as a black or dark blue 2012 Hyundai Sonata. Police noted the car has a broken front or rear right passenger window. The Austin Police Department is also searching for a white KIA Optima the suspect(s) may be traveling in.

Members of the public are warned not to approach the vehicle or the suspect if spotted, but to call 911 immediately…

Anyone with information regarding the shootings, the suspect’s identity, or the location of the vehicle is urged to contact the Austin Police Department’s Aggravated Assault Unit at 512-974-5177.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program at austincrimestoppers.org or by calling 512-472-8477. A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest.

The situation is serious enough that I actually got an alert for it on my iPhone:

That’s all south to far-south Austin, so nowhere near me.

Seems more random than your average active shooter. While it could be a crazy far-left TDS sufferer, my money is on random nutcase. It looks like Loony McShootsALot is in a shoe store or something, and it’s hard to think of a political reason to start blazing away there.

Developing…

Update: Two suspects in custody, one remains at large, and that suspect is evidently being chased out in Manor.

Update 2: Sounds like teenagers being complete assholes.

APD Chief Lisa Davis said a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old were taken into custody Sunday. The older suspect had an outstanding warrant for theft of a handgun at a store, and the younger suspect stole a gun from the same store Saturday.

The suspects were responsible for around 20 calls to APD, primarily in south and east Austin, Davis said. She said the suspects fired into various buildings, apartment complexes and two Austin Fire Department stations, hitting a truck.

Four people were shot, and one of those is now stable after suffering serious injuries, Davis said. Two of the people were shot in front of a store that was caught on a polecam, and the suspects stole several cars during their spree, Davis said.

Update 3: Third suspect detained. “Late Sunday night, the Manor Police Department announced a third suspect who fled from a vehicle during a pursuit in Manor had been located and detained. Officials said there is “no ongoing threat to the public at this time.”

Update 4: “One of the three suspects charged in connection with multiple shootings over the weekend in Austin has been identified as 17-year-old Cristian Mondragon, according to law enforcement sources.” Gun theft occurred at “321 W. Ben White Blvd,” which is Central Texas Gun Works, run by Michael Cargill, of the Garland v. Cargill bump stock case.