It’s been a busy 24 hours for Austin Police and homicide detectives.
One person was detained after a deadly shooting in North Austin. When officers arrived, they found a man with gunshot wounds to his body. He was later pronounced dead on the scene.
Preliminary information from police suggests both the victim and the shooter were homeless.
One man is dead after a homicide late Monday night in north Austin at the 400 block of East Wonsley Drive, located near East Anderson Lane and the South Interstate 35 Frontage Road.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found a man inside an apartment between 20-30 years old with signs of trauma. After police and EMS tried to save his life, he was pronounced dead on scene at 11:24 p.m. (KXAN-TV)
This incident marked the second homicide of the day and the tenth so far in the month of November and the 65th for 2024. (CBS Austin)
A suspect is in custody after a SWAT standoff at a home in Del Valle Monday afternoon. (KVUE-TV)
The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident on a highway that happened near Laredor Street and Highway 21. (Fox7 Austin)
A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a train in South Austin on Monday.
Firefighters were busy overnight battling a blaze at a vacant thrift store on 51st Street.
Today is expected to be one of the busiest days for airports across the country.
5-DAY FORECAST / AUSTIN, TEXAS
As a storm shifts eastward, it will gather more moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and later the Atlantic and gain some strength from Wednesday night to Thursday night as it treks through the eastern United States, likely wreaking havoc for holiday travelers.
Convicted Auston police officer Christopher Taylor will be sentenced next week.
A Travis County jury early last month found Taylor, 32, guilty of deadly conduct in the fatal 2019 shooting of Mauris DeSilva, a 46-year-old scientist and researcher who was in the grips of a mental health crisis at the time. (Austin American-Statesman)
Water will be shut off for some residents and businesses near Spicewood Springs Road in Northwest Austin on Tuesday.
At 6 p.m., water will be shut off for about 11 hours for residential and commercial properties between 4701 and 4900 Spicewood Springs Road until Wednesday morning at 5:00 a.m. due to construction efforts for the Spicewood Springs Road Regional Mobility Improvements Project. (Fox7 Austin)
ERCOT says the Texas power grid is ready for winter. (KVUE-TV)
Part of the ceiling of a building on the University of Texas at Austin campus collapsed Sunday afternoon, according to the university. The ceiling was over an outdoor patio of the Norman Hackerman Building on East 24th Street. (KXAN-TV)
A bankruptcy judge has ordered a new hearing over the auction that allowed satirical newspaper The Onion to buy Alex Jones’ Infowars, which is based in Austin.
Alex Jones declared bankruptcy and was forced to liquidate his assets after he was ordered to pay $1.4 billion to the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
The Austin NewsGuild, the collective bargaining unit representing Austin American-Statesman journalists, and the newspaper’s parent company, Gannett, reached a labor agreement after three and a half years of negotiation and two strikes.
The contract sets a new minimum salary of $50,000 for new hires, $55,000 after five years of employment, and $60,000 after 10 years. Everyone in the union will get a raise under the new contract. (KUT 90.5)
A third Texas woman’s death is being linked to delayed miscarriage care under Texas’ abortion ban. (Lonestar Live)
Today, the Texas General Land Office will unveil an area it has offered to the Trump administration for housing undocumented immigrants before deportation.
A North Texas man was arrested after allegedly barricading himself inside a Walmart and shooting arrows at people. (Lonestar Live)
SPORTS
The return of the Lone Star Showdown is just days away.
In the NBA last night at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, the Dallas Mavericks came away with a 129-119 win over the Hawks. (Yahoo! Sports)
Dallas is off tonight while both San Antonio and Houston are on the road. The Spurs are in Utah to face the Jazz while the Rockets are in Minnesota to take on the Timberwolves. (Yahoo! Sports)
In college basketball today, the Texas A&M Aggies (4-1) host the Oregon Ducks (5-0) at 3:30 p.m.
In hockey, the Dallas Stars lost on the road at Carolina yesterday. The Hurricanes won 6-4. (Yahoo! Sports)
The city of Houston will hold its 75th annual Thanksgiving Day parade Thursday. It is one of the oldest Thanksgiving Day parades in the country.
KHOU-TV meteorologist Kim Castro takes you on a tour as artists put their finishing touches on the works of art that will roll through downtown Houston Thursday.
