AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police are investigating a homicide that occurred overnight in south Austin, this marking the city’s fourth homicide in less than two weeks.
According to APD, around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a 911 call reporting a stabbing in the 2500 block of South Lamar Boulevard near the street’s intersection with Bluebonnet Lane.
APD says the 911 caller reported that she had been stabbed, and that the suspect was last seen in the area of the stabbing.
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Officers arrived and made contact with the caller at the scene. She was quickly taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police found the other person involved in the incident, a man with “obvious penetrative trauma.”
The responding officers, along with EMS and fire personnel, attempted lifesaving measures on the injured person at the scene; that person was pronounced dead at around 12:16 a.m., according to APD.
Detectives believe that the two victims were the only two involved in the incident, and that there was “no relationship as of note” between the two of them.
Police are not searching for a suspect, officials saying they believe the incident to be isolated with no threat to the public.
The incident is being investigated as Austin’s 30th homicide of 2026, as well as Austin’s fourth homicide investigation since Monday, June 15.
The three previous homicides occurred in southeast Austin; police are still searching for suspects in two of those cases.
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Those who may have information on the south Lamar overnight stabbing are asked to contact the Homicide Tip Line at 512-974-8477. Tips may also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 512-472-8477.