AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin Police Department is investigating two separate homicides.<\/p>\n
The investigations are still very early but APD says that it believes that the two cases are unrelated.<\/p>\n
Homicide in East Austin <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
The first call was received at around 3 a.m.<\/p>\n
Police responded to a reported disturbance in the 1000 block of Springdale Road where someone also reported hearing gunshots.<\/p>\n
Officers arrived and found an adult man inside a home with obvious signs of trauma.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Police say a male acquaintance of the victim left before officers arrived. The person is known to investigators but police have not released a description.<\/p>\n
Homicide in South Austin <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
A second call was received at around 3:51 a.m. and officers responded to a shoot-stab hotshot call in the 200 block of Vertus Bend.<\/p>\n
APD says officers arrived and found an adult man with obvious trauma in the front yard of a home.<\/p>\n
Officers administered life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Police have not confirmed exactly how the man was injured.<\/p>\n
APD says the people that are at the home are cooperating with detectives.<\/p>\n
What we don’t know:<\/p>\n
Police are still working to determine what led up to both deaths.<\/p>\n
The identities of the victims have not been released.<\/p>\n
The Source: Information from news conference with Austin Police Department Officer Aaron Townsend and reporting by FOX 7 Austin’s Julieanna Jackson.<\/p>\n
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