Texas attorney found dead days after he tried to shoot ex-girlfriend

The Texas attorney caught on video pulling a gun on his ex-girlfriend inside the bar where she worked was found dead in his home on Wednesday.

Gavin Rush, 41, was discovered by officers who had visited the property on Lyndhurst Street to perform a welfare check.

It is not clear if he died by suicide, but a police spokesperson told DailyMail.com his death is 'not considered suspicious and the investigation is still ongoing.'  

Rush was arrested on November 26 after he allegedly tried to kill his ex-girlfriend inside The Anderson Mill Pub, before patrons wrestled him to the ground. 

He was released from Travis County Jail on bail two days later after posting just $4,000 of the $40,000 bond required - despite facing a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon involving family violence.

Rush had also previously been charged with assault/family violence against a different woman in 2017, though the case was eventually dismissed.  

It is alleged the former attorney, who has a history of domestic violence and self-destructive behavior, snapped last week after learning his former girlfriend did not want to get back together. 

His ex, who has not been identified, told police the pair were together for three years and that they broke up around a month before the shooting. 

She said her ex had tried to win her back and threatened to harm himself after learning she had moved on and was with someone new.

Gavin Rush, 41, allegedly snapped after learning his ex had moved on. His ex-girlfriend, who was not identified, told police the pair were together for three years and that she broke it off about a month ago.  She said her ex had tried to rekindle their relationship and threatened to harm himself after learning she had moved on with someone new

Gavin Rush, 41, was discovered at his home in the 13500 block of Lyndhurst Street around 4:24pm on Wednesday after police conducted a welfare check

On Saturday around 11:30pm, Rush walked into The Anderson Mill Pub (pictured) in Austin to confront his ex, as she reportedly was not speaking to him, before allegedly firing off three shots. Two patrons at the bar tackled Rush to the ground. During the struggle, Rush placed the gun under his chin and tried to shoot himself, a police affidavit said 

The woman said she and her ex had been texting several days earlier before she stopped responding. According to police, one of the texts she sent told him she was at work and couldn't be bothered. 

On Saturday around 11:30pm, Rush walked into the Anderson Mill Pub in Austin to confront her.  He placed a small leather satchel on top of the table - its contents were not revealed -  and then asked his former love if he could speak with her.

'So you just aren't going to talk to me,' Rush said, according to court documents.

When she replied 'no,' gunfire broke out.

Rush allegedly pulled a gun that had a laser sight attached to it and centered it on her chest, before firing off three shots.

One of the bullets hit one of the mirrors in the bar not far from where she was standing, but remarkably no one was hurt. 

Shocking surveillance footage shows two men sitting at the bar tackle Rush to the ground. 

During the struggle, the jilted lover attempts to shoot himself in the head by placing the gun under his chin, a police affidavit said.

But, one of the patrons, who knew Rush and his ex and was aware of their recent breakup, said he was able to keep Rush's finger off the trigger, Fox News Digital reported.

They held him down until police arrived.   

A surveillance video, posted to Twitter by a local councilmember named Mackenzie Kelly, shows him place a leather satchel at the top of the bar 

Rush's ex refused to speak to him when he arrived at the bar, according to a police affidavit. He then pulled out a pistol and pointed it at her, a red dot from a laser sight pointing straight at her chest and fired, just missing her 

One of the men who came to the ex-girlfriend's rescue said: 'We're all just lucky. That could have gone down so differently than it did. Thank God,' the news outlet reported.

Local council member, Mackenzie Kelly posted the video to his Twitter page.

 He wrote: 'Earlier this week there was a shooting a local bar in my district,' Kelly said. 

'This attorney belongs behind bars, pending a lengthy jury of his peers. I'm deeply disturbed watching this video and committed to a safe city.'

Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza was asked about the $40,000 bond set for Rush. He blamed a municipal judge

Rush, who according to his LinkedIn page works on 'sexual assault, embryo destruction and fertility center misconduct, complex commercial litigation, civil rights actions, FINRA arbitrations, and financial services disputes' only had to post 10 percent of that, or $4,000

Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza was asked about the $40,000 bond set for Rush. Garza, whose website says one of his missions is to 'treat all victims with dignity and respect,' blamed a municipal judge. 

He told CBS Austin: 'I don't know what information the magistrate had in front of them when they made that decision. Under state law and under local practice, the District Attorney's Office and prosecutors generally are not present at the setting of bail. That is something that municipal judges do without input from the District Attorney's Office.'

Garza - a Democrat and member of the far-left Democratic Socialists of America, according to Jacobin - said that they are not typically allowed to interfere with judges' decisions and adds that the county is hoping to launch a program allowing prosecutors to be present at those hearings. 

Rush was charged in 2017 with assault/family violence by impeding breath/circulation against a different woman in a different county but had the case dismissed after he completed anger management classes, according to KVUE. 

The judge did grant Rush's ex-girlfriend an emergency protection order against him when the bond was set. 

Rush worked as an attorney specializing in sexual assault, embryo destruction and fertility center misconduct, complex commercial litigation, civil rights actions, FINRA arbitrations, and financial services disputes, according to his Linkedin page.  

He was fired from his law firm, Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane & Conway, days before his death, and his profile page had been wiped from the company website.

'Gavin Rush no longer works at the firm,' the firm told the news station. 'We do not tolerate hatred or violence of any kind. Our thoughts are with the victims who experienced a significant trauma that day.'