BREAKING NEWS COMING IN TONIGHT AT 10:00, A LOCAL COWBOY WAS MURDERED IN TEXAS ON HIS WAY BACK HOME FROM HAULING HORSES ON MOTHER’S DAY. IT’S A TRIP HE MAKES MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK. I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH AUSTIN NGUYEN’S SISTER. IT WASN’T SOMETHING NEW. HE’S ALWAYS ON THOSE SAME ROADS. MY GRANDPA HOLDS HORSES. MY DAD STILL HOLDS HORSES. I TRAVEL THOSE ROADS MYSELF ON I-20 AND HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES. HE ACTUALLY TEXTED MY MOM. IT WAS ABOUT 935 THAT SAYING HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY, I LOVE YOU. I’LL I’LL BE HOME TO EAT DINNER WITH YOU THIS EVENING. UM, AND THEN HE CALLED HIS GIRLFRIEND AND TOLD HER THE SAME THING. AND ABOUT. I THINK IT WAS BETWEEN 1030 AND 11:00. UM, PARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SHOWED UP AT MY PARENTS HOUSE TO TELL THEM THAT AUSTIN HAD BEEN KILLED. THAT DEATH NOTIFICATION COMING THE MORNING OF MOTHER’S DAY. JUST HEARTBROKEN. AND MY MOM WAS JUST HYSTERICAL. 26 YEAR OLD AUSTIN NGUYEN UP TECUMSEH HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED RIGHT NEXT TO HIS TRUCK IN MIDLAND, TEXAS. IT WAS THIS 18 WHEELER. HE HAD A CONTAGIOUS SMILE. HE LOVED. EVERYONE WOULD HELP ANYONE THAT NEEDED HELP, AND HIS FAMILY, ALONG WITH POLICE AND TEXAS RANGERS, ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. AND NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS THAT IT WAS SO CARELESS AND AUSTIN WOULD NOT HURT ANYONE. AND THAT I FEEL LIKE HE HAD NO IDEA IT WAS COMING. HIS SISTER ASHLYN WONDERS IF IT WAS A DRIVE BY SHOOTING, OR IF MAYBE SOMEONE SNUCK INTO HIS TRUCK WHILE HE WAS INSIDE THE TRUCK STOP. I WILL TELL YOU, THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS AND JUSTICE. THEY WANT ME TO TELL YOU IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, TO PLEASE CALL POLICE. THEY ARE ALSO WORKING TO PUT TOGETH
Family searches for answers after Oklahoma man was murdered in Texas while hauling horses
Austin Winn, 26, was returning from a trip he made multiple times a week
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Updated: 6:58 AM CDT May 21, 2024
An Oklahoma man was murdered in Texas while on his way home from hauling horses. >> Download the KOCO 5 AppEarlier this month, Austin Winn, 26, was returning from a trip he made multiple times a week. "It wasn't something new. He's always on that same road," Ashlyn Jones, Winn's sister, said.His family was notified of his death on the morning of Mother's Day. "He texted my mom about 9:35 saying, 'Happy Mother's Day. I love you. I'll be home to eat dinner with you this evening," Jones said. "Then, between 10:30 and 11 o'clock, the Pott County Sheriff's Office showed up at my parents' house to tell them Austin had been killed."Winn, from Tecumseh, had been shot and killed right next to his truck in Midland, Texas. "Just heartbroken. My mom was just hysterical," Jones said. "He had a contagious smile. Loved everyone. Would help anyone that needed help."Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.His family, along with police and Texas Rangers, are trying to figure out what happened. "No one should ever have to go through this. That it was so careless, and Austin would not hurt anyone, and I feel like he had no idea it was coming," Jones said. His sister said she wondered if this was a drive-by shooting or a planned attack, and she was desperate for answers – and justice. If anyone has information about the murder, they are asked to contact police. Top Headlines Several tornadoes touch down across Oklahoma on Sunday: What we know Sky 5 shows damage from overnight storms in Oklahoma Tornado west of Yukon causes significant damage to home Semi crashes on Oklahoma City interstate, suspending cab 20 feet in air WATCH: KOCO 5 Storm Chaser captures tornado on the ground near Mustang
An Oklahoma man was murdered in Texas while on his way home from hauling horses.
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Earlier this month, Austin Winn, 26, was returning from a trip he made multiple times a week.
"It wasn't something new. He's always on that same road," Ashlyn Jones, Winn's sister, said.
His family was notified of his death on the morning of Mother's Day.
"He texted my mom about 9:35 saying, 'Happy Mother's Day. I love you. I'll be home to eat dinner with you this evening," Jones said. "Then, between 10:30 and 11 o'clock, the Pott County Sheriff's Office showed up at my parents' house to tell them Austin had been killed."
Winn, from Tecumseh, had been shot and killed right next to his truck in Midland, Texas.
"Just heartbroken. My mom was just hysterical," Jones said. "He had a contagious smile. Loved everyone. Would help anyone that needed help."
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
His family, along with police and Texas Rangers, are trying to figure out what happened.
"No one should ever have to go through this. That it was so careless, and Austin would not hurt anyone, and I feel like he had no idea it was coming," Jones said.
His sister said she wondered if this was a drive-by shooting or a planned attack, and she was desperate for answers – and justice. If anyone has information about the murder, they are asked to contact police.
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