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APD seeks community help to identify a white minivan driver involved in a collision following a triple homicide.
No suspect has been identified, and Austin police are requesting the public's assistance in the search for the missing driver.
Austin police spent nearly double their allotted budget for overtime last year. The fire department spent more than anticipated, too. That could change in the new budget.
An intruder broke into Austin Pets Alive!, resulting in one dog's death, five injured, and a security officer hurt.
Three people died, and others were injured in the Monday afternoon shooting. APD identified the victims as a 24-year-old Target employee known as Rosa Martinez Machuca and Adam Chow, 66. A child who was killed was not named by APD,
AUSTIN, Texas — The name "Hector Polanco" is one that lives on in infamy for many who lived in Austin in the 1990s. The then-Austin Police Department (APD) sergeant was known for his interrogation tactics and ability to get confessions. But over the years, evidence has come to light that some of those confessions were false or coerced.
A 42-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday evening while in a parking lot on the city's West Side, police said.