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An enraged attorney from Austin, Texas was caught on security camera allegedly trying to shoot his ex-girlfriend at the bar where she was working on Saturday, police reported.
Gavin Rush, 30 years old, has been released on bail after allegedly broke into the Anderson Mill Pub with a gun around 007: 30 am Saturday morning and walked over to his ex, who was behind the bar, according to arrest records obtained by station KVUE.
She put a small leather bag on the table and asked if she could talk to her.
When she said “no”, he took out the gun and aimed it, with the laser sight pointed at his chest, according to the affidavit and dramatic surveillance footage of the incident shared by the Austin city councilwoman , Mackenzie Kelly.
Video of the incident shows two patrons at the bar springing into action and handcuffing Rush, who is reportedly he fired multiple shots in the struggle and was held until the police arrived. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
The woman told the police that she had just to find out that she was in a new relationship and had recently stopped responding to his text messages after he threatened to hurt himself and his new partner.
One of the customers who approached Rush, who wished to remain anonymous, told KVUE that looking at the footage of the incident again makes him “want to throw up.”
“I don’t remember doing this, but I pushed his hand up and the gun went off,” he told KVUE. “Then we started to fall backwards. I turned and grabbed him by the neck and another shot was fired.”
One of the customers said that Rush tried to shoot himself in the head when they threw him to the ground, but the man said he was able to keep the lawyer’s hand off the trigger.
He said three shots were fired in total, including one that smashed the mirror behind Rush’s ex-girlfriend.
“I am completely deaf in my left ear right now,” said the rescuer.
Rush was charged with a second degree felony, aggravated assault with family violence with a deadly weapon. An emergency protective order was issued against him and he was soon back on the streets after posting $12, dollars, KVUE reported.
“For $4, dollars you can go out, go home, watch Netflix after trying to murder your ex-girlfriend, are you kidding?” said one of the customers.
Local leaders have also spoken against the speed and ease with which Rush was released from custody.
“This particular case appears to be one in which the The courts have failed this victim,” Thomas Villarreal, director of the Austin Police Association, told Fox 7.
Councilwoman Kelly, whose district the pub encompasses, tweeted: “This lawyer should be behind bars pending a long jury of his peers. I am deeply disturbed to see this video and committed to a safe city.”
Rush has since been fired from the law firm where he had previously worked, the firm confirmed.
He was previously a defendant in a domestic violence case in which he allegedly strangled a woman in Williamson County in 2022, reported KVUE. The case was ultimately dismissed after he completed anger management counseling.
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