Police Arrest Suspect in Downtown Austin Bus Stop Killing With Extradition Pending

Overview

• Kimberly Sotelo, 34, was taken into custody on Dec. 1 in Spring, Texas by the Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force and booked into the Montgomery County Jail on a murder charge.
• Police say she is accused in the Nov. 12 shooting that killed Gared Goff at a bus stop near East Fifth Street and Trinity Street in downtown Austin.
• Emergency personnel attempted life-saving measures, and Goff, 52, was pronounced dead at about 8:50 a.m.
• Austin police classify the case as the city’s 48th homicide of 2025 and are seeking tips through Capital Area Crime Stoppers, with a reward up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest.
• Local reporting cites public records indicating Sotelo has prior convictions, including a 2010 aggravated assault with a deadly weapon case that resulted in a six-year sentence.