AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin Police Department Investigations Division has made an arrest in the death of 30-year-old Ebony Michelle Sheppard. 

Police have arrested Xavier Lewis, age 19, on Thursday in Pflugerville. 

According to the affidavit, Lewis told officers that he was "hungry and high on drugs" before he decided to try and rob the woman for "a couple of bucks.”

Police believe Lewis robbed four victims at Dottie Jordan Park and shot at them as they ran away on Christmas Day — Two people were injured in the shooting. Police were also able to connect Lewis to a carjacking involving an an elderly woman at 6611 Highpoint that happened later that same night. When he drove away, police said he ran over an individual who was crossing the street.

The day after Christmas at around 11:44 p.m., Sheppard was with her 4-year-old son and mother visiting family at the Travis Station Apartment complex located at 6600 Ed Bluestein Boulevard. The affidavit states that she went to the parking lot to warm up her car and bring it around closer to pick up her son and mother.

Her family heard a gunshot and ran to the parking lot, where they located Ebony, shot, lying on her back near the car.

On Dec. 27, a little before 8 a.m., police responded to another unit at the same apartment complex for a report of a disturbance involving Lewis' cousin. Lewis' cousin told police that he lived there, but was recently kicked out. Lewis was not there at the time of the disturbance. Police said they found a gun at the apartment that matched the ammo found at the previous robberies and Sheppard's murder. After pulling Lewis' GPS history on his ankle monitor from a previous arrest, it showed that he was at the scene of the robberies and murder. 

In an interview, Lewis allegedly cried and repeatedly said, "I f****ed up." Lewis told police that he found his cousin’s gun at her apartment and admitted to committing the robberies, the affidavit said.

Lewis is being held on a bond set at nearly $2 million.

David Johns, uncle of Ebony Sheppard, has launched a GoFundMe* to help out with the future of her son, Ian. 

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A woman’s death has been ruled a homicide in a northeast Austin shooting at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday night.

According to Austin police officer Vino Cadenas, police received a 911 call that someone had been shot at the Travis Station Apartments on the 6600 block of Ed Bluestein Boulevard. 

Officers located the female victim in the parking lot of an apartment complex with gunshot wounds. She has been identified as 30-year-old Ebony Michelle Sheppard. 

Sheppard was transported to Dell Seton Medical where she was pronounced dead at 12:33 a.m. The Travis County Medical Examiner ruled Sheppard's death a homicide. 

Austin police originally tweeted that a suspect was in custody, but later clarified that they have not found the person responsible for the shooting.

Witnesses describe seeing a suspect in a dark hoodie running from the scene and then fleeing in a white sedan.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Homicide Tip Line at 512-477-3588.