{"id":389869,"date":"2026-07-28T23:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389869\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T23:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:52:08","slug":"homeless-man-shot-by-driver-after-breaking-car-window-with-pocketknife-apd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389869\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless man shot by driver after breaking car window with pocketknife: APD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; The Austin Police Department has released new details about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\/north-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">North Austin<\/a> shooting last week that killed a man.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Austin police officers responded to a shoot\/stab hotshot call at the intersection of the N I-35 northbound service road and Tech Ridge Boulevard just after 2:30 p.m. on July 24.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A caller reported a shooting involving a homeless person and a person in a car, who also called 911 to report the shooting.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ATCEMS provided medical aid to the homeless man, who was identified as 42-year-old Zachary Page. Page was pronounced dead at a local hospital just before 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/boqbxljs9rscd74j.jpg\" alt=\"Man shot to death in North Austin\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/boqbxljs9rscd74j.jpg\" alt=\"Man shot to death in North Austin\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The driver remained on scene and cooperated with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">APD says the preliminary investigation shows Page was standing on the side of the intersection asking for spare change. Witnesses reported seeing Page banging on the driver&#8217;s car.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Page then pulled out a folding pocketknife and broke the car&#8217;s window. The driver then shot Page.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Detectives interviewed the driver, who has since been released.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">At this time, no charges have been filed and APD is not naming the driver.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Travis County District Attorney&#8217;s Office has also been notified and will review the evidence after the investigation is complete.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">This case is being investigated as Austin&#8217;s 36th homicide of the year.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone with information is asked to contact the Austin Police at 512-974-TIPS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Tips can be submitted anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/austincrimestoppers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">austincrimestoppers.org<\/a> or call 512-472-8477.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this report comes from the Austin Police Department and previous reporting.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\/north-austin\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Austin<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; The Austin Police Department has released new details about a North Austin shooting last week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389870,"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":["post-389869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-north-austin","tag-travis-county","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389869","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=389869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}