{"id":459823,"date":"2026-10-08T05:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459823\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T05:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:54:07","slug":"apd-searching-for-suspect-accused-of-striking-victim-with-stick-at-south-austin-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459823\/","title":{"rendered":"APD searching for suspect accused of striking victim with stick at South Austin park"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin police are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman accused of repeatedly striking another person in the head with a large stick during a fight at a South Austin park, causing serious injuries.<\/p>\n

The incident happened between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Aug. 26 near the basketball courts at Gillis Neighborhood Park, located at 2410 Durwood Street, according to the Austin Police Department.<\/p>\n

ALSO| Victim identified, suspect sought in deadly assault at NE Austin bus stop<\/a><\/p>\n

Police said a disturbance escalated into a physical fight between two people. During an argument, the suspect allegedly grabbed a large stick and struck the victim multiple times in the head.<\/p>\n

APD detectives are investigating the incident as an aggravated assault and are seeking witnesses who may have information about the suspect.<\/p>\n

The suspect is described as a Black woman between 45 and 55 years old, approximately 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing about 120 pounds. She has short black hair.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to contact APD’s Aggravated Assault Unit at 512-974-5245. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Capital Area Crime Stoppers or by calling 512-472-8477. 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’s help identifying a woman accused of repeatedly striking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-459823","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\/459823","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=459823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}