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Austin Police Release Images, Seek Tips in Feb. 19 Downtown Bus Stop Stabbing

The appeal signals a broader push to curb a run of bus-related attacks that have tested transit safety this year.

Overview

  • APD asked the public for help identifying a suspect and offered up to $1,000 for tips through Crime Stoppers, which allows anonymous submissions.
  • The stabbing happened on Feb. 19 at a Capital Metro bus stop in the 300 block of Lavaca Street and left the victim with severe bleeding.
  • Officers and Austin-Travis County medics gave lifesaving care at the scene before taking the victim to a local hospital.
  • Detectives obtained surveillance video that shows the suspect boarding a CapMetro bus and exiting where the assault occurred.
  • Police tied the case to a series of bus stabbings this year that led to arrests in separate January incidents and a March detention after two people were hurt during SXSW.