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July 5, 2022

Texas armed robbers shot at while trying to steal from fireworks stand

Employees at a fireworks stand in Austin, Texas were fired upon by armed robbers late Monday evening but returned fire, causing the robbers to flee the stand.

July 4, 2022

Texas murder suspect Armstrong had sister’s passport in Costa Rica, ‘receipt’ for plastic surgery: report

Texas love triangle murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong had her sister's passport in Costa Rica, where she fled in May after the alleged slaying of Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson.

July 1, 2022

Kaitlin Armstrong murder suspect: police photo shows dramatic transformation

Murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong was trying to start a new life in Costa Rica after allegedly killing her romantic rival in in a Texas love triangle gone awry, U.S. Marshals said.

June 29, 2022

Austin-area woman arrested for alleged human smuggling operation, police say

An Austin-area woman called police to report a burglar last week, but the man she was accusing turned out to be part of her human smuggling operation, police said.

June 28, 2022

Austin man arrested after violent crime spree, using car to push through police blockade

A man in Texas went on a violent crime spree and was repeatedly let out on bail or had his charges dropped before he broke through a police barricade.

June 27, 2022

Austin, Texas officials report first presumptive monkeypox case

Texas health officials reported the first presumptive case of monkeypox in an individual who had recently come into contact with another likely infection.

June 26, 2022

Austin City Council members seek decriminalization of abortion citywide in response to Texas 'trigger law'

Two members of the Austin City Council are attempting to pass legislation that would decriminalize abortion citywide after the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.

June 23, 2022

Austin police stop potential mass shooting after man allegedly brandishes gun, fires, in downtown Zilker Park

Joel Louis Garcia, a 34-year-old Austin man, allegedly brandished a firearm and fired it at multiple victims in a downtown park earlier this month.

June 21, 2022

Texas teen shot by victim in alleged robbery spree linked to 2 more gun crimes following PR bond release

Jaylyn Reed, the Texas teenage robbery suspect who was shot in the leg by a victim earlier this month, has now been charged in two other armed robbery cases

June 20, 2022

Austin shooting in 'quiet and peaceful' neighborhood leaves two dead, police say

Austin police were called to a "quiet and peaceful" neighborhood on reports of a shooting Monday afternoon and found two men in their early 60s dead.