{"id":297761,"date":"2026-05-18T04:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/297761\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T04:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:39:26","slug":"4-shot-in-random-austin-attacks-fire-stations-among-targets-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/297761\/","title":{"rendered":"4 shot in random Austin attacks, fire stations among targets, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">AUSTIN, Texas. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwtx.com\/2026\/05\/17\/four-shot-austin-random-attacks-police-search-two-suspects\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kwtx.com\/2026\/05\/17\/four-shot-austin-random-attacks-police-search-two-suspects\/\" target=\"_blank\">KWTX<\/a>\/Gray News) \u2014 Multiple people were injured in at least 10 random shootings in Texas, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The suspects have carried out up to 10 attacks in Austin, including at fire stations, injuring as many as four people, according to Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">One person sustained serious injuries, and the other three have minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The shootings appear to be random, with no specific motive or pattern in locations, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police said three suspects are now in custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police reported the suspects have been using different vehicles, possibly a black or dark blue 2012 Hyundai Sonata with a broken right passenger window and a white Kia Optima.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Authorities are urging the community to remain vigilant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Anyone who sees anything suspicious or knows the whereabouts of the suspects or suspect vehicles should not approach and should call 911 immediately, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Anyone with information is asked to contact the Aggravated Assault Unit at 512-974-5177. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477. A reward of up to $1,000 is available for information leading to an arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KWTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas. (KWTX\/Gray News) \u2014 Multiple people were injured in at least 10 random shootings in Texas, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[254,2055,2060,2058,2057,2059,2061,27,29,28,2056],"class_list":["post-297761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-live-speeches","tag-live-updates","tag-live-video","tag-press-conference","tag-real-time-coverage","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-video-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297761","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=297761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}