AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department (APD) is investigating a second suspicious death this week.
On Wednesday, the APD Homicide was working on scene on the 2200 block of Willow Creek Drive.
Police said the 911 call came in after 11 a.m., with the caller stating two males were involved in a disturbance with a weapon. When police arrived, they found a male victim deceased inside a car who appeared to be shot. Police said the vehicle had crashed into an inanimate object.
Witnesses stated two or three people began running toward a blue SUV that later fled the area. As of 1:45 p.m., detectives were still on scene canvassing the area and seeking potential witnesses.
Police have since linked the blue SUV to at least two robberies that had occurred that same morning. Police believe the motive in this death is robbery as well.
On Tuesday night, police began investigating a separate incident at the Villas at Mueller apartment complex on the 6000 block of Manor Road.
Officers responded to a shots-fired call around 7:50 p.m. Once on scene, they found a man in his 50s on the ground. Medics tried to save the man, but he died.
Police said they do not have anyone in custody related to Tuesday's incident.
The death has been ruled a homicide caused by gunshot wound. This is Austin's sixth homicide of 2021.
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