Man dies, suspect in custody after stabbing in North Austin: APD
AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department is investigating a homicide after a man was stabbed and died at the hospital Friday morning.
On Oct. 4 at around 10:18 a.m., APD officers responded to the 6000 block of the North I-35 northbound service road in North Austin for reports of a stabbing. Multiple callers reported two men were chasing each other and one was stabbed.
When officers arrived, they found a man in his 60s with stab wounds.
ATCEMS responded to the scene at 10:19 and took him to a local trauma center with critical, life-threatening injuries. He was later pronounced dead at 10:48 a.m.
A suspect in his 30s was taken into custody and transported to the Travis County Jail. It is currently unknown if or what kind of relationship the two had.
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This is an isolated incident with no further threat to the public, says APD.
This is being investigated as Austin's 50th homicide of 2024.
Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to call APD's homicide tip line at 512-477-3588 or APD Crime Stoppers at 512 472-8477.