{"id":298464,"date":"2026-05-18T18:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/298464\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:24:11","slug":"3-arrested-in-series-of-random-shootings-across-austin-that-left-4-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/298464\/","title":{"rendered":"3 arrested in series of random shootings across Austin that left 4 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 Three young people were in custody following at least 10 random weekend shootings in Austin, Texas, that left four people injured, city officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Driving around the city in stolen vehicles, at least two of the suspects fired at two fire stations, apartment buildings and houses during a string of robberies and shootings from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Two boys, ages 15 and 17, were apprehended after they were pulled over in a stolen car and attempted to run. A third person who had been in the car also ran and was detained Sunday night at a gas station in Manor, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) northeast of Austin. Police said the person was a juvenile, but did not provide an age or any other details.<\/p>\n<p>Davis said earlier that the firearm that was used in the shootings had earlier been stolen by the 15-year old, and that the 17-year old was wanted for a separate firearm theft.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/lawsuit-accuses-chatgpt-of-helping-gunman-plan-fsu-mass-shooting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lawsuit accuses ChatGPT of helping gunman plan FSU mass shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The city ordered residents of a large part of the southern area of Texas&#8217; capital city to shelter in place Sunday while they were searching for the suspects. With two suspects in custody, the order was later lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Four victims were taken to hospitals, including one with critical injuries, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects stole at least four vehicles as they traveled around the city, Davis said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t have any specific motive that has been identified. In fact, these actions appear to be random,&#8221; Mayor Kirk Watson said.<\/p>\n<p>\n                    A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy.\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"invite_body\">\n                    Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue.\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/give.newshour.org\/page\/88646\/donate\/1?ea.tracking.id=pbs_news_sept_2025_article&amp;supporter.appealCode=N2509AW1000100\" class=\"donation-link ga-click-funding ga-click-ender-funding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    Donate now<\/p>\n<p>                <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 Three young people were in custody following at least 10 random weekend shootings in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-298464","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\/298464","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=298464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}