{"id":120124,"date":"2026-01-12T17:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120124\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:30:23","slug":"4th-homicide-of-2026-police-investigating-death-in-north-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120124\/","title":{"rendered":"4th homicide of 2026: Police investigating death in North Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/half1qfvgulidv2v.jpg\" alt=\"Police investigating homicide in Austin\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; The Austin Police Department is investigating the death of a man who was shot and killed in North Austin.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Police say the incident happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Jan. 11.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">APD says it received a 911 call from a caller who said they heard multiple gunshots in the 9400 block of North Lamar Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">When officers arrived on scene, they found a man in his 20s who had been shot. Life-saving measures were administered but were unsuccessful and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">No information about a suspect has been released at this time, but APD says it believes that at least two people are involved.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">A vehicle, possibly a black Dodge Charger or Dodge Challenger, may also be involved.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The identity of the man who died has also not been released.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/p0rlwgm0ccwtmuim.jpg\" alt=\"Two arrested in death of Caldwell Co. deputy\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">This is the second time this year that APD has responded to an incident in the area.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">On Jan. 4, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/news\/off-duty-deputy-constable-fatal-shooting-2-men-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">an off-duty Caldwell County deputy constable was shot and killed<\/a> in the parking lot of a club just around the corner from the latest homicide.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis says the area has been a rising concern for crime and that the community is asked to be vigilant of their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">If you have any information, you&#8217;re asked to call Crime Stoppers at 512-472 -TIPS (512-472-8477) or the APD Homicide Unit Tip Line 512-974-TIPS (512-974-8477).<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from reporting by Jessica Rivera and the Austin Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\/north-austin\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Austin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; The Austin Police Department is investigating the death of a man who was shot and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1046,223,1466,394,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-120124","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-north-austin","14":"tag-travis-county","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}