The Austin Police Department is investigating three homicides within the past 10 days. They are still looking for two suspects connected to the killings.
The first homicide happened on July 3 in Northeast Austin at around 10:15 a.m. Police responded to the Urban Villas Apartments on Airport Boulevard near I-35."The complainant located two persons with multiple life-threatening injuries to their bodies," Austin Police PIO Austin Zarling said.A male and a female were pronounced dead."It is scary. It makes me want to move," neighbor Thalia Castillo said.
"They had a helicopter that they were able to track him down to a smaller area and there was a perimeter set up, but they are still looking for him," Austin Police PIO Wesley Belcher said.He has yet to be caught.MORE: VIDEO: Suspect flees through backyards after North Austin shootingThe third killing happened on Friday, July 12, at around 4 a.m. inside a home near Rutherford Lane in North Austin.
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