A group of East Austin neighbors came together to find the man who slashed dozens of their car tires last Sunday. On Tuesday, APD found and arrested the tire slasher.
It all started Tuesday morning when a photo was sent out by a neighbor on a morning walk on a pedestrian bridge near I-35. The photo shows a man carrying a pole with a red handle, a very similar tool the suspect was carrying in the surveillance footage.
"I went on a little bit of a stakeout, and I knew he'd go to the Baptist Church feeding center, and that's where I found him," said the neighbor. "They told me to ‘hang out, keep an eye out, do not move, and not approach him. Keep us posted. We're headed your way’," she said.It is believed over 30 cars were impacted by the tire slasher, an incident that has happened in this neighborhood before.
"I was trembling, absolutely shaking. This is not normal. You should not have to go out and fight crimes like this, but if I did not go out and fight that crime personally, we wouldn't have caught this guy," said the neighbor.
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