{"id":297495,"date":"2026-05-17T22:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/297495\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T22:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:58:15","slug":"four-injured-in-10-random-shootings-in-texas-as-police-hunt-for-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/297495\/","title":{"rendered":"Four injured in 10 random shootings in Texas as police hunt for suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Police have arrested two people in connection with at least 10 shootings<\/a> that took place in Austin, Texas<\/a>, over the weekend.<\/p>\n

At least four people have been shot, Austin Police Chief<\/a> Lisa Davis said<\/a> Sunday. One person sustained a \u201cserious injury,\u201d while the others have minor injuries, she added.<\/p>\n

Two suspects are now in custody, while a third is still \u201cat large,\u201d the Austin Police Department said in a Sunday afternoon update<\/a>. A shelter-in-place order for the South Austin area has been lifted.<\/p>\n

The shootings, which took place late Saturday and Sunday, appear to be \u201crandom\u201d with \u201cno specific motive,\u201d according to Davis. She described two of the suspects as males in their late teens. <\/p>\n

Davis said the suspects have used several different cars, including a black or dark blue Hyundai, a gold Hyundai sedan, a silver Mazda four-door and a white Kia Optima.<\/p>\n

\"AustinAustin Police Department has released an image of a person suspected in connection with 10 \u2018random\u2019 shootings in Texas over the weekend (Austin Police Department)<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to remind people, do not leave their cars unlocked. What we are seeing are these cars are being stolen. Do not leave your keys in the vehicle or your key fobs in the vehicle,\u201d she said Sunday.<\/p>\n

Two of the shootings took place at Austin Fire Department stations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn both [Austin Fire Department] station shootings, no firefighters were injured with only minor damage reported to at least one fire apparatus and both fire stations,\u201d the Austin Firefighters Association<\/a> said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s firefighters remain \u201cfully staffed, operational, and responding to multiple shootings across the city,\u201d according to the association. <\/p>\n

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has asked residents to \u201cremain vigilant\u201d and report any suspicious activity to police. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you see something suspicious, call 911 immediately. Stay safe,\u201d Davis added.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-297495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297495","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=297495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}