1 stabbed, killed at North Austin home; suspect in custody

AUSTIN, Texas - One person is dead after a stabbing at a North Austin group home, says the Austin Police Department.

What we know:

At around 7 a.m. Dec. 18, Austin police responded to a shoot/stab hotshot call in the 11000 block of Bending Bough Trail.

Someone called 911, reporting a disturbance at a group home and that someone had been stabbed, and the suspect had left the house.

When officers arrived, they found a white man in his 70s with "obvious trauma to his body" and injuries consistent with stab wounds. Despite life-saving efforts, the man later died at a local hospital just before 8 a.m.

FULL: APD briefing on North ATX homicide

Austin police gave a briefing on a fatal stabbing at a North Austin group home.

APD homicide detectives have been speaking with witnesses and residents about the incident.

Within 20 to 30 minutes of the investigation beginning, the suspect, described by police as a Black man in his 20s, returned to the scene and was taken into custody.

This death is being investigated as an isolated incident and Austin's 52nd homicide of 2025.

What we don't know:

Both the suspect and the victim were residents of the group home, but APD says they do not know the specific relationship between the two. 

It is also unknown at this time what kind of group home it is.

What you can do:

Anyone with information on this incident is urged to contact the Crime Stoppers tip line at 512-472-8477 (TIPS) or the APD Homicide tip line at 512-974-3588.

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One person is dead and a suspect is at large after an overnight homicide in North Austin. FOX 7 Austin's Jessica Rivera has more.

Dig deeper:

This is the second homicide within five hours within relatively the same area, according to APD.

Overnight, a man was killed in the 11900 block of North I-35, in the Braker Lane/Yager Lane area, just about two miles away from the Bending Bough Trail homicide.

APD says that at this time, there is no connection between the homicides.