Police investigating stabbing on CapMetro bus

By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team

Published April 21, 2023 7:43am CDT

Crime and Public Safety

Police investigating stabbing on CapMetro bus

Police say it happened at around 1:45 a.m. on a bus near North Lamar and W. 5th Street.

AUSTIN, Texas - Austin police are investigating a stabbing on a CapMetro bus.

Police say the call came in after 1:45 a.m. Friday about a disturbance on a bus near North Lamar and West 5th Street in Downtown Austin.

When officers showed up they found a person with a stab wound. The victim was taken to a local hospital.

The officers found a suspect a few blocks away. He was arrested and taken to the Travis County Jail.