2020 was the highest murder year for Austin since 1991, and we've already beat January 2020 for the number of murders with one more. Wednesday, a doctor was held hostage in her office by another doctor who had asked to volunteer there. They declined to offer a position to him. He had terminal cancer and had been told he had a week to live. That's what the news reported anyway. He tied up several other people there before letting them go, but he shot her and then himself.
2021 Austin Metro Murders
| Austin 5 | Travis Co. 5 | Bastrop Co. 0 | Caldwell Co. 0 | Hays Co. 1 | Williamson Co. 1 | Metro 7 |
Causes metrowide
Shooting - 7
Stabbing - 0
Strangled - 0
Suffocation - 0
Throwing (of child) - 0
Beating - 0
Vehicular homicide - 0
Blunt force trauma - 0
Sharp force trauma - 0
Unlisted cause - 0
Domestic terrorism - 0
Austin totals
Downtown - 0
Central Austin - 1
East Austin - 0
North Austin - 1
Northeast Austin - 1
Northwest Austin - 0
South Austin - 1
Southeast Austin - 1
Southwest Austin - 0
West Austin - 0
Victims
Male - 5
Female - 1
Unlisted - 1
| Jan 7 | Feb 0 | 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 2 | Tue 1 | Wed 0 | Thur 1 | Fri 1 | Sat 2 | Sun 0 |
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Murder cases
Code:
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/suspect-charged-with-capital-murder-after-man-was-found-dead-in-round-rock/?utm_campaign=alert_bar&utm_source=side_bullets - Round Rock shooting - 1/9
1 dead - https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/one-person-dead-after-shooting-in-northeast-austin - Austin shooting - 1/11
1 dead - http://www.austintexas.gov/news/homicide-5000-brighton-road - Austin shooting - 1/18
1 dead - https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/01/22/hays-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-apparent-shooting/6681601002/ - Buda shooting - 1/21
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-killed-after-shootout-between-two-groups-at-north-austin-complex-police-say/ - Austin shooting - 1/23
2 dead - http://www.austintexas.gov/news/homicide-1912-w-35th-street - Austin shooting - 1/26
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/one-person-dead-after-shooting-in-north-austin/?fbclid=IwAR2QlQlGL89M9QlIMXNDSAU9spvMEhu31Cpqo8Jsl-tQaPXWOlrPLuNNY4o - Austin shooting - 1/29
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Pending cases
Austin area population
City: 964,254 (July 1, 2018 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Travis County: 1,273,954 (July 1, 2019 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Metro: 2,227,083 (July 1, 2019 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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