Austin's 30th homicide of 2026: Man, woman stab each other near bus stop
Austin police investigate deadly stabbing
The Austin Police Department is investigating a stabbing that left one person dead. FOX 7 Austin's Jessica Rivera has the details.
AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department is investigating a deadly stabbing as the city's latest homicide of 2026.
The backstory:
APD says just before 11:30 p.m. on June 23, officers responded to a call in the 2500 block of South Lamar Boulevard, just east of the Menchaca Road intersection, from a woman who said she had been stabbed by a Black male near a bus stop.
The caller described the suspect and where the stabbing had happened, and when officers arrived, they found the man she described, later identified as 59-year-old Roosevelt Hunter, unresponsive on the ground and holding a knife.
ATCEMS attempted life-saving measures, but Hunter was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:16 a.m. on June 24.
The caller was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been released.
The investigation so far shows that the caller had been walking home down South Lamar and was confronted by Hunter who made discriminatory statements. The caller reported previous encounters with Hunter who had made similar discriminatory statements.
However, this time Hunter had threatened her with a knife, leading to the caller drawing her own knife in self-defense and the two stabbing each other, says APD.
APD says this is still an open investigation and the district attorney's office has been notified. The caller is not being identified at this time as charges have not been filed.
What's next:
If you have any information about what happened that could help police, you're asked to call the Homicide Tip Line at 512-974-8477 or CrimeStoppers at 512-472-8477.
The Source: Information from Austin Police Department.