AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police are investigating the city’s 29th homicide of the year after a woman died at a southeast Austin apartment complex Wednesday afternoon, according to the department.
APD Public Information Officer Austin Zarling said 911 dispatchers received multiple calls around 1:38 p.m. at the Waters at Bluff Springs apartment complex, located at 7707 South Interstate 35 service road northbound.
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Officers arrived roughly five minutes later and found a woman with trauma to her body in a public area of the complex, Zarling said. She was pronounced dead at the scene at about 1:50 p.m.
Zarling said the investigation is in its early stages and that police do not yet have information on a suspect, how many people may have been involved, or what led to the shooting. He said detectives are still working to determine what type of injury the victim suffered or whether a weapon was used.
The case is the third homicide in southeast Austin in three days, according to police. Asked whether residents should be concerned, Zarling said investigators have no information indicating a threat to the public.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide tip line at 512-477-3588, or contact Capital Area Crime Stoppers anonymously at 512-472-8477.