Official: Fort Hood soldier reports car used in SXSW fatal crash stolen

Rashad Owens, the suspect in the SXSW wreck, is seen in an undated booking mug provided Friday, March 14, 2014.

Rashad Owens, the suspect in the SXSW wreck, is seen in an undated booking mug provided Friday, March 14, 2014. Photo: Courtesy Photo: Courtesy Image 1 of / 80 Caption Close Official: Fort Hood soldier reports car used in SXSW fatal crash stolen 1 / 80 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO — A Fort Hood soldier who believes his gray Honda Civic was used in a crash in Austin that killed two people and injured 23 reported it stolen to the Killeen Police Department Thursday morning.

Police identified the suspect accused of killing two people and injuring 23 Wednesday night as Rashad Charjuan Owens, 21, of Killeen. He was convicted of a driver under the influence of marijuana in November 2011 in Fairbanks, Alaska, after he struck a light pole. He was also charged with leaving the scene of the same incident, but prosecutors dismissed that charge, records show.

Tyler Broadway, a spokesman for Fort Hood, said the soldier, Andrew Bramwell, filed the report around 11 a.m. but declined to provide any other details. He did confirm Owens, the suspect in the crash, is not a Fort Hood soldier.

A Facebook page that appears to belong to Owens says he works at Subway in Killeen.

Carroll Smith, a spokesman for Killeen Police Department, declined to provide any details and referred questions to the Austin Police Department.

A spokesman for the Austin Police Department did not immediately return a call.

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