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Four people died in a SWAT standoff situation Saturday, including Austin police officer Jorge Pastore. He is survived by his wife and two stepsons.
The Austin Police Department released video and audio from its hourslong SWAT standoff last month, during which police said a man took a hostage at a Texaco gas station in Southeast Austin, shot ...
It took APD SWAT nearly two hours to arrest a man in a home near 4400 Merie Drive near Ben White Boulevard and Menchaca Road in south Austin. The SWAT team was called to the home due to reports of ...
Austin Police Department (APD) is the principal law enforcement agency serving Austin, Texas. As of fiscal year 2022, the agency had an annual budget of $443.1 million [5] and employed around 2,484 personnel, including approximately 1,809 officers. [6] The department also employs 24 K-9 police dogs and 16 horses. [6]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, on a post on X, described the shootings as heinous, and said that James, the perpetrator, must "never see the light of day". Abbott also said that he and his wife Cecilia were praying for the recovery of the injured, and thanked law enforcement for risking their lives to apprehend James.
Javier Ambler II was a 40-year-old black man, a postal worker, and the father of two sons. [4] [5] His mother described him as a gentle giant and a great father. [3]Ambler's father, who was in the U.S. Army, said that Javier "didn't know white from black or Latino from Filipino...
SWAT was called to the scene because the suspect was barricaded inside with two hostages. When SWAT officers entered the home at 4:11 a.m., the suspect again shot at the officers.
The Austin serial bombings occurred between March 2 and March 21, 2018, mostly in Austin, Texas. In total, five package bombs exploded, killing two people and injuring another five. The perpetrator, 23-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt of Pflugerville, Texas, was pulled over by police on March 21. Conditt detonated an explosive inside his vehicle ...