{"id":233782,"date":"2026-04-16T14:01:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=233782"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:07:09","slug":"austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Cabana Club Shooting: Employee Charged, Boss Says Self-Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">3<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Self-defense doesn\u2019t end when the threat goes down. That\u2019s when the real battle begins. Lawyers. Prosecutors. Headlines.&nbsp;USCCA&nbsp;Members never fight that battle alone.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deltadefense.com\/offers\/?tID=68c088a02cce2&amp;utm_campaign=guns+america+sponsored+article+2&amp;utm_source=web+banner&amp;utm_medium=media+buy&amp;utm_content=direct+sales\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged\" title=\"Austin Cabana Club Shooting: Employee Charged, Boss Says Self-Defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out how.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A late-night shooting in Austin is raising serious questions about self-defense after a gun store owner says his employees were attacked by a large group, while police have charged one of them with murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reporting from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged\" title=\"Austin Cabana Club Shooting: Employee Charged, Boss Says Self-Defense\">CBS Austin<\/a><\/em>, the incident happened outside the Cabana Club in east Austin, where two employees of Central Texas Gun Works were involved in a violent confrontation that ended in gunfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Austin gun store owner says employees involved in Cabana Club shooting acted in self defense\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ybov-AF3k7w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gun store owner Michael Cargill (Yes, that<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/i-overturned-trumps-bump-stock-ban-but-ill-still-vote-for-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged\" title=\"Austin Cabana Club Shooting: Employee Charged, Boss Says Self-Defense\"> Michael Cargill)<\/a> says the situation escalated quickly and claims his employees were acting to save their own lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to make sure it\u2019s very clear that my employees did exactly what they were supposed to do. They defended themselves. They were being attacked,\u201d Cargill said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to his account, the two employees had just arrived at the location when they were mistaken for someone else involved in an earlier altercation inside the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What followed, he says, was a violent group assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou had 12 people that jumped on my employees\u2026 one of my employees fell to the ground\u2026 was knocked unconscious,\u201d Cargill said, adding that the <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/financial-attacks-franklin-armory\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged\" title=\"Austin Cabana Club Shooting: Employee Charged, Boss Says Self-Defense\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4145\">attack continued<\/a> even after the employee was down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-saint-victor-9mm-pdw-review-tiny-fast-mean\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/saint-victor-9mm-pdw-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged\" title=\"Austin Cabana Club Shooting: Employee Charged, Boss Says Self-Defense\">SAINT Victor 9mm PDW Review: Tiny, Fast, Mean<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At that point, the second employee made the decision to draw a firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy other employee saw that he was knocked unconscious and made the decision to pull out his firearm and stop the threat,\u201d Cargill said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/chicago-police-investigating-alleged-self-defense-shooting-that-left-three-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged\" title=\"Austin Cabana Club Shooting: Employee Charged, Boss Says Self-Defense\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4144\">shooting left one person dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One employee was hospitalized with serious injuries, including a reported skull fracture and bruised ribs, while the other (who fired the gun) is now in custody at the Travis <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/plan-to-decarcerate-la-county-jails-withdrawn-after-facing-widespread-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged\" title=\"Austin Cabana Club Shooting: Employee Charged, Boss Says Self-Defense\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4142\">County Jail facing<\/a> a murder charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cargill has been vocal in defending his staff, saying the actions taken were consistent with the training he provides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deadly Cabana Club shooting was self defense, gunman tells Austin PD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q-cfES6Bvcg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe did exactly what I would have done. He did exactly what I trained them to do,\u201d he said.  The case now turns on a familiar (and often complex) legal question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When does self-defense cross the line into criminal liability?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Texas law, the use of force is justified in certain situations, particularly when facing a threat of serious bodily harm. But as with many cases involving multiple parties, <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/new-video-allegedly-conflicts-police-account-michael-brown-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged\" title=\"Austin Cabana Club Shooting: Employee Charged, Boss Says Self-Defense\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4146\">conflicting accounts<\/a>, and rapidly evolving violence, investigators will be tasked with determining whether the response was legally justified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, the facts remain under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as this case <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/connecticut-moves-forward-with-glock-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged\" title=\"Austin Cabana Club Shooting: Employee Charged, Boss Says Self-Defense\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4143\">moves forward<\/a>, it\u2019s likely to become another flashpoint in the ongoing conversation around defensive gun use, especially in chaotic, real-world scenarios where decisions are made in seconds and the consequences last far longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"austin-cabana-club-shooting-employee-charged\" title=\"Austin Cabana Club Shooting: Employee Charged, Boss Says Self-Defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI want to make sure it\u2019s very clear that my employees did exactly what they were supposed to do. 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