Two 19 year olds from College Station are in the Travis County jail on charges of conspiring to hire a hitman to kill the father of one of the teens.
Nicolas Shaughnessy and Jaclyn Edison were arrested for criminal solicitation to commit capital murder.
According to a Travis County sheriff’s office news release, Shaughnessy’s father died March 2 of multiple gunshot wounds. A news release states the shooting suspects are still at large, and detectives are following a series of new leads.
According to the sheriff’s office, Shaughnessy’s bond has been set at $3 million dollars, and Edison’s bond was set at $1 million.
From The Associated Press:
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ A 19-year-old man and a second person have been arrested on allegations that they conspired to hire a gunman to kill the teen’s father, a jeweler slain in his home in March.
Travis County sheriff’s officials say Nicolas Patrick Shaughnessy and Jaclyn Alexa Edison, also 19, were arrested Tuesday each on a count of criminal solicitation to commit capital murder.
They were being held Wednesday at the Travis County jail.
Shaughnessy’s mother, Corey Shaughnessy, had called 911 in the early morning hours of March 2 to report an intruder in their Austin home.
Responding deputies found the body of Theodore Shaughnessy. Authorities say the plot also called for his wife to be killed, but she was unharmed.
The shooter has not been apprehended.
Online jail records don’t list attorneys for the younger Shaughnessy or Edison.
Additional information from the Travis County sheriff’s office:
Detectives issued warrants this afternoon for NICOLAS PATRICK SHAUGHNESSY, 19 of College Station and JACLYN ALEXA EDISON, 19 of College Station, TX for the offense of Criminal Solicitation (First Degree Felony).
Shaughnessy and Edison are alleged to have conspired together and hired someone to murder Shaughnessy’s parents, Theodore and Corey Shaughnessy.
At 4:45 am on Friday, March 2, 2018, Corey Shaughnessy called 911 and reported that an intruder had entered her home in the 9000 block of Oliver Dr. and that multiple shots had been fired. When deputies arrived on scene they discovered the body of Theodore Shaughnessy with multiple gunshot wounds.
The suspects involved in the shooting are still at large. Detectives are following a series of new leads in the case and will identify and apprehend them as quickly as possible.