The incident happened on Tuesday morning in the 1000 block of Norwood Park Boulevard.
AUSTIN, Texas — A man has been arrested in in connection with a homicide in northeast Austin.
Austin Police Department (APD) officers responded to a welfare check call from a CapMetro bus driver shortly before 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. The driver reported that a person was bleeding on the ground in the 1000 block of Norwood Park Boulevard, near a Walmart Supercenter.
The victim, identified as 66-year-old Jefferey Grable, was pronounced dead at the scene by Austin-Travis County EMS.
Investigators believe Grable had laid down near the bus stop several hours before a suspect approached and assaulted him, killing him. The suspect then fled, according to police.
On Wednesday, investigators identified the suspect as 33-year-old Jesse C. Monroe II.
APD’s Tactical Intelligence Unit, with assistance from the APD’s Edward (Northeast) 300 patrol shift, arrested Monroe in the 1000 block of West Rundberg Lane. Monroe was taken to the Travis County Jail and charged with murder, a first-degree felony.