PICTURED: Shane James is seen in bloody mugshot after he was charged with capital murder - following day-long rampage across two Texas cities that left six people dead

The suspect charged with capital murder following a day-long rampage across two Texas cities that left six people dead has been seen in a bloody police mugshot.

Shane James, 34, was booked in Travis County Jail in the early hours of Wednesday on four counts of capital murder as well as three other out-of-jurisdiction crimes that are not specified. 

James is suspected of also shooting two police officers, including one who was shot in the leg outside a high school in Austin.

He was seen on Wednesday afternoon in a new booking mugshot - with a red scratch on his left cheek and a splatter of red blood in on his forehead and hairline.  

The first reported incident occurred just before 11 a.m. at a high school in the Texas capital, where James allegedly shot an Austin Independent School District police officer. 

Shortly after that, authorities believe that he shot and killed a man and a woman at a home in the southern part of the city. 

At 5pm, a male cyclist was shot, also in the southern part of the city. 

That shooting was also linked to James. He suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Two hours later, a second Austin police officer was wounded by the suspect when someone called 911 to report a burglary in a home in the southwestern part of the city. 

That prompted a high-speed chase which resulted in James being arrested. When officers returned to that home, they found two more people dead inside. 

By Tuesday night, officials announced that the same suspect was involved in the 'grisly' murder of a couple in their 50s whose bodies were found stuffed in a small bedroom in San Antonio, some 80 miles from Austin. 

The gunman came to the attention of officers when he shot a school resource officer in the leg close to the football field of Northeast Early College High School just before noon. This prompted a school lockdown which lasted for four hours. 

Less than an hour later, the gunman went to a home in South Austin and shot a handyman who was sitting in a car. The suspect shot through the window. 

After the gunfire broke out, a woman came outside who was then chased by the gunman down the street. He caught her, and killed her, Fox Austin report. 

The suspect returned to the handyman's car, threw his body to the pavement, and stole the vehicle. 

The next incident occurred around 5pm when a cyclist was shot and wounded. He was rushed to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Officers caught up with the gunman after receiving reports of a burglary at the Austral Loop in the southwest part of Austin just before 7pm. 

The gunman shot and injured a second Austin police officer before fleeing. The officer's injuries are not considered life-threatening. 

A 12-year-veteran office shot at the suspect but didn't hit him. She has been placed on administrative leave, as per protocol. 

The suspect fled the scene and left police on a high-speed chase.  

The chase ended after around 15 minutes with the suspect crashing his car at the intersection of State Highway 45 and FM 1826.

 He was armed when police arrested him. Investigators discovered that the suspect had a warrant out for causing injury to a family member. 

When police returned to the home where the burglary had been reported, they found the bodies of two more people. 

'Questions remain as to why AISD Police and Austin police did not put out a community wide alert with a description of the suspect for residents to be on the alert,' Fox Austin' Rudy Koski wrote on X. 

In San Antonio, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said that the couple who were found dead were 'well-known' in the community and said their home was 'very-well maintained.' 

Salazar, who described the murders as 'grisly,' says officials think the pair were killed before the shootings in Austin. 

He did not give the cause of death but said that it was the result of a violent encounter. The couple's bodies were placed so that they were pressed up against a door. 

'No one deserves to die the way they did,' the sheriff said.  

Law enforcement was called to the scene after receiving a report about leaking water, investigators believe that the gunman struck a pipe.  

After the shootings in Austin, officials in the city's police department communicated to counterparts in San Antonio that the suspect was linked the home in San Antonio where the couple in their 50s were killed.  

Neighbors claimed that the people who lived in the Austin-home had only moved in days earlier, adding that he recently brought cookies and apologized for any disruptions the construction had caused. 

A vigil was held at the home on Tuesday night. 

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement on the shooting. 

'Our hearts are with the family and loved ones of the Austin ISD police officer who was shot near Northeast Early College High School today,' Abbott said. 

'Our ISD police officers play a critical role on keeping Texas students and school faculty safe. 

'The State of Texas is offering all available resources to local law enforcement partners who are working to ensure this dangerous criminal is caught and brought to justice.'

The Austin deaths were the 67th and 68th homicides in the city in 2023, according to police.