Suspected Illegal Alien Shoots At Cars On I-35 With Assault Rifle, Hits 7yo Girl In The Head, 4 Others

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Police identified a man accused of shooting at cars with an assault rifle along an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 35 Saturday morning.

Late Sunday night Rolando Martinez, 25, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a 2nd-degree felony. Four people including a 7-year-old girl were hit. The child remains in critical condition as of Saturday evening.

Austin police say the shooting began about 2 a.m. Saturday and ended around 3:15 a.m. Calls to 911 came in from multiple places along I-35, stretching from south Austin at Stassney Lane up to Wells Branch Parkway.

"We have a lot of crime scenes. We have several people that were injured in this," said Austin Police Assistant Chief Joseph Chacon on Saturday.

[...]Martinez's bond is set at $1 million. According to Travis County Jail records, he has an Immigration and Naturalization Service detainer on him.