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Shelter-in-place issued in South Austin as police search for active shooter
KutNews ^ | 5/17/26 | Luz Moreno-Lozano

Posted on 05/17/2026 2:05:58 PM PDT by CFW

A shelter-in-place has been issued for a wide swath of South Austin, bordered by south Slaughter Lane, east McKinney Falls Parkway, north Ben White Boulevard and west Escarpment Boulevard.

This comes as Austin police are searching for a person who is believed to be responsible for multiple shootings since Saturday.

At least two people have been injured. It is not clear what the motive of the shootings are.

The shootings have taken place in various locations, including at two fire stations, and appear to be random. As of 2:15 p.m., police believe the suspect to be a male in his late teens and driving a white Kia Optima.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: austin; banglist; crime; democrats; luigimangione; shooting; texas

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If you are in Austin, TX, be on the look out for Democrats.
1 posted on 05/17/2026 2:05:58 PM PDT by CFW
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A composite photo of two photos of a young man taken with a surviellance camera.
2 posted on 05/17/2026 2:06:25 PM PDT by CFW
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bordered by south Slaughter Lane


Ooops!


3 posted on 05/17/2026 2:06:29 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Austin had a mass shooting a couple months ago IIRC. Muslim guy shot up a popular burger place down on the strip near the college.


4 posted on 05/17/2026 2:09:24 PM PDT by Yardstick
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Hmm...bordered by South Slaughter Lane, Mayhem Boulevard, East Carnage Court, and Massacre Highway...


5 posted on 05/17/2026 2:11:36 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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? is that a Luigi mask?


6 posted on 05/17/2026 2:14:52 PM PDT by RockyTx
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To: Billthedrill

Another weird street name in Austin is “Asylum. Our son was for a while a member of the Asylum Street Spankers. A bunch of weird people who played covers.


7 posted on 05/17/2026 2:18:41 PM PDT by Mercat
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When Charles Whitman went on his rampage he was soon pinned down by police and armed citizens firing back, including a professor shooting a deer rifle out of his office window.

My how things have changed in Austin.


8 posted on 05/17/2026 2:18:50 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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They’re everywhere. No need to be on the “lookout”. Where there’s weed, there’s democrats.


9 posted on 05/17/2026 2:20:02 PM PDT by albie
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? is that a Luigi mask?


I just took a closer look at the picture. Good question.


10 posted on 05/17/2026 2:20:16 PM PDT by CFW
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Ha. My first thought.
Then came to my senses.
It’s the escaped Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the convicted Boston Marathon bombing and police shooter.

HOPE I am kidding.


11 posted on 05/17/2026 2:20:48 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Mercat

LOL! I’d buy the album...


12 posted on 05/17/2026 2:21:10 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Wearing a coat should be a giveaway. 90 degrees.


13 posted on 05/17/2026 2:22:54 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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Shelter in place???

Shouldn’t it be this announcement instead... ‘Get your guns and prep for a shootout’.


14 posted on 05/17/2026 2:23:03 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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Whoever it is, they are already scrubbing all of his social profiles as we speak.


15 posted on 05/17/2026 2:23:55 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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bordered by south Slaughter Lane

Woman watching TV with husband: "Ed, I told you this isn't a safe neighborhood. At lease at our old place on Rosa Parks Blvd. at Malcolm X Plaza we knew where we stood."

16 posted on 05/17/2026 2:27:20 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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BOLO for any white guy dressed for an annual Texas Valentines Day deep freeze?


17 posted on 05/17/2026 2:30:09 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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The Ventures version of Slaughter on 10th Avenue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeBXjWUxBWk

Broadway play and musical movie with Gene Kelly earlier. Had symphonic arrangements.


18 posted on 05/17/2026 2:30:43 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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I just hope it isn’t named after the band “Slaughter”.


19 posted on 05/17/2026 2:32:49 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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KWTX update. TWO suspects on the loose.

“Police are searching for two male Hispanics, both in their late teens. One has medium wavy hair and the other has longer hair, according to authorities.”


20 posted on 05/17/2026 2:33:27 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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