AUSTIN, Texas -- Austin police are investigating an early morning attempted carjacking.
Officers found the victim on the side of the road at FM 1327, directly under the State Highway 45 toll road in Southeast Austin. He had been shot once in the chest.
The victim, who was driving a Red Wing shoe delivery truck, called 9-1-1 after 6 a.m. He told investigators two men approached him Tuesday morning, and the driver stopped and pulled over.
The driver told police the men tried to take his delivery truck. In the struggle, the driver was shot.
Travis County sheriff's deputies and Austin police officers arrived and found the driver lying on the road in front of his truck. He had been shot once on the right side of his chest. EMS took him to the hospital.
Police say it does not appear anything is missing. The driver said the men escaped without the truck.
It’s unclear why they wanted to take the truck.
Robbery investigators are involved. They are going through the truck with detail.
