A deadly Fourth of July shooting happened at a North Austin shopping center that local crime data flags as a persistent hotspot: multiple homicides, robberies, and assaults within a short radius since last fall.
APD says two men were arrested June 19 in connection with the June 15 fatal shooting in an AutoZone parking lot on East Riverside Drive. One faces a capital murder warrant.
A Travis County special grand jury returned an indictment May 5 charging former Austin police commander Wade Lyons with sexual assault and official oppression, per the district attorney’s office.
Robbery detectives are asking the public for help identifying a suspect who they say demanded property from an employee while armed with a machete on June 20.
Police say 26-year-old Sierra Rodriguez of Austin is wanted for murder after a victim was found dead June 24 in the 5100 block of Lambs Lane.
Round Rock police say they arrested a suspect in connection with a June 11 stabbing outside Round Rock Tavern that investigators traced to a verbal altercation.
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