{"id":423649,"date":"2026-09-02T06:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/423649\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T06:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:02:08","slug":"austin-police-search-for-suspect-accused-of-assaulting-huston-tillotson-security-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/423649\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin police search for suspect accused of assaulting Huston-Tillotson security officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin police are asking for the public&#8217;s help identifying a man accused of assaulting a security officer at Huston-Tillotson University last month.<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Police Department said the incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at the university&#8217;s campus at 900 Chicon Street.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/bastrop-city-council-to-consider-ending-flock-safety-contract-cover-cameras-immediately\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO| Bastrop City Council to consider ending Flock Safety contract, cover cameras immediately<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to police, a man was found trespassing on the property, and a security officer attempted to escort him off campus. Police said the man then physically assaulted the security officer, causing minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was captured on security camera footage after the assault, according to APD.<\/p>\n<p>Police described the suspect as a Black man who was last seen wearing a dark T-shirt, blue warm-up pants, dark slides, and green socks.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information that could help identify the suspect is asked to contact APD&#8217;s Aggravated Assault Unit at 512-974-5245.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous tips can also be submitted through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by calling 512-472-8477 or through its website. A reward of up to $1,000 may be available for information leading to an arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin police are asking for the public&#8217;s help identifying a man accused of assaulting a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-423649","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\/423649","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=423649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}