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POLICE: Flint man turns himself in for fatal shooting of Tyler man

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TYLER, Texas — **EDITOR'S NOTE -- the video attached was produced on May 30, 2022.

A Flint man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a 33-year-old man in Tyler last week.

Christopher Ryan Henry, 29, of Flint, turned himself into the authorities on Friday in connection with the shooting death of Austin Lee Deweerdt, of Tyler, on May 30. 

Police said an arrest warrant for murder was obtained and given a $1 million bond after detectives obtained evidence. 

Credit: Jail Records

The Tyler Police Department dispatch received a call at around 6 a.m.  on May 30 about a disturbance and shots fired in the 800 block of Pinedale Place. Upon arrival on the scene, a man was discovered to have been shot. 

EMS transported Deweerdt to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. 

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