APD continues to look into the officer-involved shooting that killed 18-year-old Nathaniel Sanders.
Many details of the investigations can't be released just yet.
But questions still linger, emotions still run high and people wait to hear the answers.
Sanders spent time with his parents in their Southeast Austin neighborhood.
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Nathaniel Sanders
Jenna Hiller speaks with nieghbors and community leaders to reflect on the events from Monday.
 
Police Chief Art Acevedo Interview
Jenna Hiller speaks with Acevedo about the dashboard cameras in the police vehicles.
Police Chief Art Acevedo Interview
Jenna Hiller speaks with Acevedo on handling issues withing the community.
Police Chief Art Acevedo Interview
Jenna Hiller speaks with Acevedo on handling Monday's crowd with extra force.
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Jenna Hiller speaks with Acevedo about the officer who shot Sanders.
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"They're really nice people. I always saw him, he's out there with the kids, you know playing basketball," Ophelia Vasquez, one of the Sanders family's neighbors said.
Sanders also spent a lot of time at Youthworks working towards his goals.
"I know when he came to us that he wanted to complete his courses, and he was focused when he came in here on doing that. He was, my interactions with him was that he was a smart guy who wanted to get his work done," James Bramble, who taught Sanders at Youthworks, said.
But that's not where Sander's was Monday morning when he was shot and killed by a police officer.
He was at the Walnut Creek Apartments.
"Walnut Creek has a very troubled history. There were 241 calls between January and now. That's a problematic situation," Nelson Linder, president of the Austin NAACP, said.
Sanders was no stranger to police.
In January, he was arrested for possession of controlled substance. Police say they found nearly 32 grams of crack cocaine in the car he was driving.
On May 7, he was arrested for robbery by assault. According to the arrest affidavit, Sanders stole $60 from a man who had recently used a downtown ATM.
But Linder says despite that, he was entitled to proper procedure.
"Nobody's perfect. We understand that, and of course we all make mistakes. The young people make mistakes. We still think if you can ever get people to deal with policy and procedures correctly, we can still diffuse situations and avoid these kinds of incidents," Linder said.
That's just what police chief Art Acevedo has in mind.
"At the end of the day we are going to base our conclusion not on emotion, not on political winds or public opinion or internal opinion. We're going to base our opinions and our finding on the law," Acevedo said.
APD is planning to have the investigation complete in 60-90 days.
Acevedo's planning to have a community forum to discuss the incident after Sanders' funeral.
Visitation for Sanders will be held Sunday night, May 17, at the Cook-Walden Funeral Home in Pflugerville.
The funeral also will be there, at 1 p.m. Monday.
