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Man confronted teenage neighbor over fireworks — then shot him to death, police say

In the earliest hours of the Fourth of July, Austin police received a 911 call about an escalating argument on the southeast side of the Texas city. A man was pointing a gun at the head of another man in the parking lot of an apartment complex, the caller said.

Jason Roche, 41, was apparently upset that 19-year-old Devonte Ortiz was setting off fireworks with his friends at their apartment complex, according to a copy of an arrest affidavit provided to The Washington Post.

By the time police arrived around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, it was too late: Ortiz had been shot, authorities said.