Officer involved shooting in S. Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin police are on the scene of an officer involved shooting in South Austin on Tuesday night.

According to the police, the shooting happened just after 8:30 p.m. in the 3000 block of S IH-35 near Woodward Street.

It is not clear if the shooting happened at the Country Garden Inn, but according to a KXAN News crew, there are a multitude of police vehicles in the parking lot of the business.

Police say no officers were injured but a suspect was shot an unknown amount of times and transported to University Medical Center Brackenridge.

Police have closed off the northbound frontage road of IH-35 at Woodward Street as they investigate the shooting.

KXAN News has a crew on the scene and will update this story as more information becomes available.