Austin, TX
Woman killed, man injured following North Austin domestic dispute
Home dispute in North Austin results in demise of girl
A home dispute in North Austin has result in the demise of a younger girl. Police stated a younger man is hospitalized and in important situation.
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas – A younger girl is lifeless, and a person is injured after a home dispute and hostage scenario in North Austin, close to Pflugerville.
Round 8 p.m. Tuesday, Amanda Lombard’s safety cameras captured an argument outdoors her neighbor’s residence. The argument was so loud Austin police had been referred to as.
“It stopped and it turned very quiet. And you could possibly hear automobiles leaving, a number of automobiles leaving, and it turned quiet. So I assumed it was over,” Lombard stated.
Nonetheless, the scenario had worsened. By 9 p.m. Austin police decided the incident had turn out to be a “hostage scenario.”
“There have been canines. I heard drones, armored automobiles then confirmed up, and so they proceeded to get ready to enter the house. And that is when issues actually turned extra scary,” Lombard stated.
Members of the SWAT crew arrange at Lombard and her neighbor’s residence.
“[SWAT was] on their roofs, of their houses on the second ground with weapons drawn and aimed. They usually had been hunkered down of their bogs. So it was fairly traumatizing for the complete neighborhood,” she defined.
Round 12:30 a.m., SWAT entered the house. Lombard described, “loud booms and flashes of sunshine and yelling.”
“It was only a very chaotic scene, and it appeared like a warfare zone. It was very surreal and appeared prefer it was a film,” she added.
Austin police SPO Dimitri Hobbs stated officers situated one lifeless individual, and one other with life-threatening accidents.
“It seems prefer it was confined to only the 2 folks that had been concerned,” stated Hobbs.
Relations advised FOX 7 Austin their daughter was killed within the incident.
“If individuals felt cherished and supported, I believe there’d be quite a bit much less of this occurring,” stated Lombard.
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