AUSTIN — A 32-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first-degree felony murder in the May 6 shooting death of 27-year-old Mykal Jones outside Down South CaJJun Eats, according to an arrest affidavit and Travis County court records. Kavontae Markail Williams was booked into the Travis County Jail on Sept. 14 and given a $500,000 bond. Court records show he was prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition because he had a prior felony conviction and was out on bond in multiple pending felony cases involving weapons and drugs. Austin police responded around 1:30 a.m. May 6 to the restaurant in the 15000 block of Farm-to-Market 1825 Road after reports of a shooting and stabbing. Officers found several people with gunshot wounds. Jones died at a hospital at 2:13 a.m. Investigators believe three shootings unfolded over a short period: one inside the restaurant after a physical confrontation between two groups, a second as one shooter left the building, and a third in the parking lot east of the restaurant. About 20 minutes later, officers were sent to a nearby address on East Howard Lane after a person reported being threatened by people who said they had just been involved in a shootout at CaJJun Eats. The complainant identified Williams, who police said was armed and made statements suggesting he had been involved. Williams was taken into custody on outstanding warrants and questioned. According to the affidavit, he initially denied firing a gun but later acknowledged shooting once in the restaurant parking lot, describing it as a reaction in self-defense. Investigators said surveillance video from a nearby business showed Williams standing near an SUV facing the restaurant and firing one round before leaving. The affidavit states that the video did not support a self-defense claim and that the other shooter was not firing toward Williams. A witness who was with Jones told investigators that the pair took cover after shots began. As they moved, another round of shooting started, and the witness saw Jones react and fall. Investigators concluded that Jones was walking away from the second shooter and toward Williams when he crossed the path of Williams’ gunfire. Williams’ criminal record includes a 2018 conviction for possession of methamphetamine, for which he received 60 days in county jail. He was arrested in 2022 on a felony charge of possessing a firearm as a felon. In February 2024, while on bond in that case, he was charged with another firearm-possession felony and a felony drug charge involving crack cocaine. He was arrested again in March 2024 on a methamphetamine-possession charge, shortly after posting bond. Court records show he was also arrested and released several times for failing to appear in court. Four hours after the CaJJun Eats shooting, he was arrested on a warrant tied to an August 2025 missed court date. Those four earlier cases were resolved Aug. 20, 2026, through a plea agreement. Williams pleaded guilty to the 2022 charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and received five days in jail and three years of community supervision. The three felony charges from the 2024 arrests were dismissed as part of the agreement. No attorney was listed for Williams in the available records. The murder allegation remains pending, and a criminal charge is not a finding of guilt.