{"id":402928,"date":"2026-08-10T21:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/402928\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:54:08","slug":"austin-police-search-for-suspect-seen-peering-into-windows-on-west-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/402928\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin police search for suspect seen peering into windows on West Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin police are searching for a man accused of looking into apartment windows and attempting to make contact with residents on West Campus near the University of Texas over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Police Department said it received at least five related reports between the evening of Aug. 6 and the early morning hours of Aug. 7 in the area of San Gabriel Street and West 21st to West 23rd streets. Callers reported the suspect looking into apartment windows and attempting to engage with residents. In one instance, the man banged on a window, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers conducted an extensive search of the area with assistance from the APD K9 Unit, the Air Support Unit and the University of Texas Police Department, but were initially unable to locate the suspect. Police said they responded to additional reports of the same individual being seen in the area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austin-borrowers-warns-of-stress-as-federal-student-loan-plans-shift-automatically\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Clock ticks as Austin borrowers face stress of new federal student loan repayment plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of Monday, the suspect has not been identified and no arrest has been made. APD said it is continuing to work with UTPD on the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the suspect or similar incidents is asked to contact APD at 512-974-5230.<\/p>\n<p>Police are also reminding residents to lock their doors and windows, remain vigilant, and call 911 if they observe suspicious activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin police are searching for a man accused of looking into apartment windows and attempting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-402928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402928","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=402928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}