{"id":297966,"date":"2026-05-18T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/297966\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:46:25","slug":"shelter-in-place-in-austin-area-lifted-after-2-teens-arrested-in-10-random-shootings-1-suspect-still-at-large","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/297966\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelter-in-place in Austin area lifted after 2 teens arrested in 10 \u2018random\u2019 shootings; 1 suspect still at large"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A shelter-in-place was issued in Austin Sunday afternoon as Austin Police Department investigated 10 shootings that occurred late Friday into Saturday across South Austin, including two shootings involving Austin fire stations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The shelter-in-place was announced for the South Austin area at 3:31 p.m. and was formally lifted at 4:25 p.m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police announced Sunday evening that two suspects are now in custody, while a third suspect remains at large in the Manor area northeast of Austin.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: The shelter in place for the south Austin area has been lifted, and two suspects are in custody. One remains at large in the Manor area. More information to follow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ZBsDsjbvc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/8ZBsDsjbvc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Austin Police Department (@Austin_Police) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Austin_Police\/status\/2056124088653902048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Austin_Police\/status\/2056114081732477393?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Austin_Police\/status\/2056114081732477393?s=20\">During an earlier briefing<\/a>, Kirk Watson said investigators had not identified a motive and described the shootings as random in nature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThese actions appear to be random,\u201d Watson said. \u201cThis is an active, ongoing investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">APD Chief Lisa Davis said four people were shot during the incidents. One victim suffered serious injuries, while three others sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators previously said the suspects were believed to be switching between multiple stolen vehicles, including a black or dark blue Hyundai, a gold Hyundai sedan, a silver Mazda CX-5 and a white Kia Optima.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police have not yet released additional details about the suspects in custody or the suspect still being sought in Manor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities say more information will be released as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shelter-in-place was issued in Austin Sunday afternoon as Austin Police Department investigated 10 shootings that occurred late&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,4761,294,223,15867,95,27,28],"class_list":["post-297966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-police-department","tag-crime","tag-news","tag-shelter-in-place","tag-shooting","tag-texas","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297966","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=297966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}