AUSTIN, Texas — Two people have been arrested and charged with murder following what police have described as a road rage shooting on Interstate 35 on Sept. 4.
The Austin Police Department announced Sept. 8 it had arrested both 30-year-old Tony McCullough and 32-year-old Raffinee McCorkle in relation to the shooting death of Cornelia Lynn Moore.
The arrests came after a SWAT callout to an apartment complex hours after the shooting on I-35 had occurred.
The APD said in a Sept. 8 press release that on Sept. 4, Austin 911 received a call from Moore, where she reported that a silver Dodge Charger was following her and engaging in “road rage” type behavior. She told 911 dispatch that the person in the car was pointing a gun at her. Moore later told 911 that the person in the car had, in fact, shot her. Police said Moore was able to give 911 her location before she became unresponsive.
Police said on Sept. 4 that Moore was found in the 12000 block of the Interstate 35 southbound service road, south of West Yager Lane, with gunshot wounds. Despite life-saving efforts, Moore was pronounced dead on the scene.
Later that evening on Sept. 4, a SWAT call was initiated after police had located McCullough. He was believed to have a weapon based on the I-35 shooting and would not comply with officers' commands to leave the residence, the APD said.
McCullough did, eventually, peacefully surrender and was arrested without incident, according to APD. At the time of McCullough's arrest, the APD said it had also "detained a woman for questioning."
According to APD's Sept. 8 press release, McCorkle was also arrested and charged with murder.
Anyone with any information is asked to call APD. The APD says this is the 57th homicide of 2021.
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