First murder of 2018 for the City of Austin - 2nd of the year for the metro.
1 dead -
NEW NOW: Woman shot in East Austin died in hospital, police say - 1/21
Update - this case below is now a murder. The man's body was found burned in a field with a gunshot wound to the chest.
1 dead -
JUST IN: Body found burned in Bastrop County last week - 1/22
1 dead -
Man in his 20s killed in North Austin shooting, EMS says - 1/27
2018 Austin Metro Murders
| Austin 2 | Travis Co. 2 | Bastrop Co. 1 | Caldwell Co. 0 | Hays Co. 0 | Williamson Co. 1 | Metro 4 |
Causes metrowide:
Shooting - 4
Stabbing - 0
Strangled - 0
Suffocation - 0
Throwing (of child) - 0
Beating - 0
Vehicular - 0
Blunt force trauma - 0
Sharp force trauma - 0
Unlisted cause - 0
Austin totals:
Downtown - 0
Central Austin - 0
East Austin - 1
North Austin - 1
Northeast Austin - 0
Northwest Austin - 0
South Austin - 0
Southeast Austin - 0
Southwest Austin - 0
West Austin - 0
Victims
Male - 2
Female - 2
Unlisted - 0
| Jan 4 | Feb 0 | Mar 0 | Apr 0 | May 0 | Jun 0 | Jul 0 | Aug 0 | Sep 0 | Oct 0 | Nov 0 | Dec 0 |
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| Mon 1 | Tue 0 | Wed 1 | Thur 0 | Fri 0 | Sat 1 | Sun 1 |
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Murder cases
Pending cases
Austin area population
City: 947,890 (July 1, 2016 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Travis County: 1,199,323 (July 1, 2016 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Metro: 2,056,405 (July 1, 2016 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Area - City: 297 square miles (2010) - US Census Bureau
Area - Metro: 4,285 square miles - Wikipedia
Area - Travis County: 1,023 square miles - Wikipedia
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Previous years
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1/27/2017 - | Austin 0 | Travis Co. 0 | Bastrop Co. 0 | Caldwell Co. 0 | Hays Co. 1 | Williamson Co. 0 | Metro 1 |
1/27/2018 - | Austin 2 | Travis Co. 2 | Bastrop Co. 1 | Caldwell Co. 0 | Hays Co. 0 | Williamson Co. 1 | Metro 4 |