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Austin Police Release Images, Seek Tips in Bus Stop Stabbing

Detectives ask residents to help identify a suspect seen on Capital Metro bus video.

Overview

  • APD issued a public appeal with new surveillance photos in aggravated assault case 26-0500799 and asked for help identifying the suspect.
  • The stabbing occurred at a Capital Metro bus stop in the 300 block of Lavaca Street in downtown Austin, and police are investigating it as aggravated assault.
  • Officers and Austin-Travis County medics gave lifesaving care at the scene before taking the victim to a local hospital.
  • Detectives say video shows the suspect boarding a Capital Metro bus and getting off at the scene, with images captured before and after the attack.
  • Tips can go to APD’s Aggravated Assault Unit at 512-974-4429 or to Capital Area Crime Stoppers at 512-472-8477 or austincrimestoppers.org, with a reward up to $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest.