Police investigating homicide in southeast Austin
The Austin Police Department is investigating a homicide near Highway 183 and Metropolis Drive after a man was pronounced dead in the area Monday morning.
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department is investigating a homicide near Highway 183 and Metropolis Drive after a man was pronounced dead in the area Monday morning.
Lee Knouse with APD said the department received a 911 call around 2:34 a.m. about an abandoned vehicle in the 2900 block of Hwy 183. He said that area is near Metropolis on the southbound side of the highway.
Officers were dispatched at 3:39 a.m. and found a man with "penetrating trauma" in the vehicle.
The man was pronounced dead around 3:54 a.m. APD said it was an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public.