An update on this first case from 1/27. This was determined to be a justified homicide. One man was in an apartment complex parking lot when another man started yelling at him. He ignored the man. Shortly after that, the man started shooting at him. The other man retrieved his gun from his car and returned fire killing him. He had a CHL.
1 dead -
Man in his 20s killed in North Austin shooting, EMS says - 1/27
This second case happened in Manor, a small suburb northeast of Austin.
1 dead -
Man shot dead in Manor, EMS officials say 1/31
1 dead -
Man arrested in stabbing death of woman in eastern Travis County - 2/3
2018 Austin Metro Murders
| Austin 1 | Travis Co. 3 | Bastrop Co. 1 | Caldwell Co. 0 | Hays Co. 0 | Williamson Co. 1 | Metro 5 |
Causes metrowide:
Shooting - 4
Stabbing - 1
Strangled - 0
Suffocation - 0
Throwing (of child) - 0
Beating - 0
Vehicular - 0
Blunt force trauma - 0
Sharp force trauma - 0
Unlisted cause - 0
Austin totals:
Downtown - 0
Central Austin - 0
East Austin - 1
North Austin - 0
Northeast Austin - 0
Northwest Austin - 0
South Austin - 0
Southeast Austin - 0
Southwest Austin - 0
West Austin - 0
Victims
Male - 2
Female - 3
Unlisted - 0
| Jan 4 | Feb 1 | Mar 0 | Apr 0 | May 0 | Jun 0 | Jul 0 | Aug 0 | Sep 0 | Oct 0 | Nov 0 | Dec 0 |
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| Mon 1 | Tue 0 | Wed 2 | Thur 0 | Fri 0 | Sat 1 | Sun 1 |
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Murder cases
Pending cases
Austin area population
City: 947,890 (July 1, 2016 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Travis County: 1,199,323 (July 1, 2016 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Metro: 2,056,405 (July 1, 2016 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Area - City: 297 square miles (2010) - US Census Bureau
Area - Metro: 4,285 square miles - Wikipedia
Area - Travis County: 1,023 square miles - Wikipedia
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Previous years
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2/3/2017 - | Austin 0 | Travis Co. 0 | Bastrop Co. 0 | Caldwell Co. 0 | Hays Co. 1 | Williamson Co. 0 | Metro 1 |
2/3/2018 - | Austin 1 | Travis Co. 3 | Bastrop Co. 1 | Caldwell Co. 0 | Hays Co. 0 | Williamson Co. 1 | Metro 5 |