One dead following Uhland home invasion

An Austin man was found dead in a vehicle Saturday morning near Uhland.

Hays County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of Grist Mill Road and South Plum Creek Road at about 10:45 a.m. Saturday regarding a suspicious vehicle whose single occupant appeared to be covered in blood, a press release from the sheriff’s office said. Deputies determined that the occupant, a white male, had suffered gunshot wounds. He was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. The man was identified as 25-year-old Matthew Aaron Kellas from Austin. 

Shortly after receiving the call about the suspicious vehicle, the sheriff’s office received a call from a woman who said a man had tried to break into her residence and that she fired a gun at the man. The woman’s home was near where the man was found in the vehicle.

The Hays County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division is investigating the incident, and no additional information can be released at this time, the press release said.