Texas State student and enlisted marine shot in his sleep. Shooter gets slap on the wrist.
In a tragic and unexpected turn of events late at night on September 2021, Texas State University junior, Austin Salyer, was shot and killed in his sleep by his neighbor, Gabriel Brown. The life of the promising young student, who was studying criminal justice and military science, tragically ended with the accidental pull of a trigger. Brown had reportedly been on the phone with his father while modifying a gun at approximately midnight, when the …