Round Rock officer-involved shooting: Suspect killed after stabbing incident
Round Rock deadly officer-involved shooting
The Round Rock Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting that left one person dead and two people injured.
ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Round Rock Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting that left one person dead and two people injured.
This is the department’s first officer-involved shooting since January 2025.
Round Rock officer-involved shooting
The backstory:
The incident happened at around 1 a.m. in the 2800 block of Phoenix Way near Gattis School Road on Tuesday, August 4.
Round Rock PD says officers responded after receiving a 9-1-1 call about a woman who had fled to a nearby neighbor's home after being stabbed.
When officers arrived, they heard a man yelling for help from inside the home. After announcing their presence, Round Rock PD says officers forced entry through the front door and encountered the suspect who was armed with a knife.
Suspect killed in officer-involved shooting
Round Rock police are investigating after a stabbing incident.
An officer shot the man with the knife, then found another man in the home. It was the woman’s husband, who had also been stabbed.
All three people were taken to the hospital. The wife and husband remain in critical condition. The suspect died at the hospital, police said.
The officer who fired their gun has been placed on administrative leave, which is standard protocol.
Neighbors speak about shooting
Local perspective:
Just a few houses down, Brian Cramer said he unknowingly heard it all unfold.
"Had my headphones on, heard what I assumed at the time was gunshots, but I didn't know, heard basically four individual distinct pops," neighbor Brian Cramer said.
Minutes later, his security camera captured first responders racing into the neighborhood.
"I saw an ambulance pull in here, probably about 10 or 15 minutes after the event and then almost immediately turn around and leave with lights on, so I assumed something bad had happened," Cramer said.
"This kind of stuff does not happen here in Round Rock Ranch, and it's tragic, it really is," neighbor Lauren Davis said.
"I worry more about the family and what they just went through and hope for the best for them and things like that, and obviously, the immediate neighbors too, because they're going to be more impacted directly," Cramer said.
The Source: Information from Round Rock Police Department and from interviews conducted by FOX 7 Austin's Meredith Aldis