The man believed to be responsible for yesterday's tragedy at SXSW has been identified.
Two people were killed and 23 were injured when a car plowed into a crowded street at the Austin, Texas festival yesterday. The suspect has now been identified as 21-year-old Rashad Charjuan Owens of Killeen, Texas.
Owens, an aspiring rapper, has been arrested several times in Fairbanks, Alaksa for misdemeanours, including offences for driving under the influence and criminal trespass. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo has said Owens will be charged with two counts of capital murder and 23 counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle.
One of the people killed was 35-year-old Steven Craenmehr, the creative director of Massive Music. The other was Jamie Ranae West, an Austin woman who was on the back of a moped ridden by her husband, Evan West. Evan is in cirtical condition.
A number of SXSW events have been cancelled or moved as a result of the tragedy; The Austin American-Statesman has compiled a list of those events here.
[via Pitchfork]
