1 dead, 3 hurt in ‘stabbing incident’ in downtown Austin

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One person was killed, three others hurt and a suspect was in custody following a "stabbing incident" Friday morning in downtown Austin, police and emergency officials said. Austin-Travis County EMS said a man in his 20s was pronounced dead and a man in his 50s was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Two others were being treated on the scene on South Congress Avenue. Austin police said a suspect was in custody and that "no other known suspects are outstanding" but they did not immediately say whether the suspect was among the injured or what led to the stabbings. Stacy Romine said she witnessed the attack while out to get her morning coffee and then saw the attacker leap head-first from the roof of a nearby building. "There was nothing that provo
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