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Austin police believe a 29-year-old man is behind a Monday homicide and a string of shootings that occurred on Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday, the Austin Police Department named Charles Curry as the suspect in four separate shootings that injured two victims a day earlier. Police said he is also the suspect behind the shooting death of Christian Meroney, 32. Police said Curry allegedly drove around in his car and shot at victims with a handgun. Police said the motive for both the shootings and homicide are unknown. A quick look at Curry's Linkedin profile shows that he claimed to work for Speaker of the House Joe Straus and Representative Lyle Larson. The profile describes him as having a "financial background with a current focus in politics." He also claimed to work as a policy analyst for the Texas Senate. The president for the consulting firm that represented Speaker Straus, and who Curry worked for, told KXAN that the homicide suspect "exaggerated his LinkedIn profile and was never a campaign coordinator for his firm." Curry is being held at the Travis County Jail with charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Sorry, you need Flash to play this. As the lead singer in a punk band, there's something a bit different about Joe Talbot. It's not the word "pops" tattooed on his neck (a tribute to his dad, who hates neck tattoos). The juxtaposition between Joe's work and his artistic life is one of the things explored in my new documentary, The Art of Now: Band Politics for BBC Radio 4. From spirituals and the blues through to Bob Dylan, Public Enemy and grime; music and political protest have always been inseparable - but I wanted to investigate what I consider to be one of the most exciting waves of political songwriting we've seen in years. To explore what was so distinctive about the artists I'm playing on BBC 6 Music, I spent time at gigs and rehearsals with Nadine Shah, Life and Cabbage, asking what motivated them - and trying to find out what made their political song writing so utterly contemporary. Sorry, you need Flash to play this. Warning: Third party content may contain adverts Report Back with Joe Talbot, the lead singer of Idles tells me that caring for his mother, who suffered a stroke when he was 16, didn't just set him on the course of a future job in care - it fuelled his songwriting. I'm not going to pretend that I'm OK with where the NHS is, or where the government is, so why lie? BBC Music homepage BBC Music News LIVE