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Two Teens Arrested in 10 "Random" Shootings, Austin Weekend Terror | Crime Alert 05.18.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Silvanni. Authorities in Austin have arrested two teenage
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  Speaker 2: suspects in connection with a terrifying series of shootings that
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  Speaker 2: spanned across the city, leaving four people injured in an
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  Speaker 2: entire community on high alert. Austin PD Chief Lisa Davis
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  Speaker 2: announced during a Sunday press conference that a seventeen and
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  Speaker 2: fifteen year old boy have been taken into custody. Investigators
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  Speaker 2: believe the pair are responsible for as many as ten
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  Speaker 2: separate attacks across the city over Saturday and Sunday. Astonishingly,
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  Speaker 2: police are still searching for a third suspect, who remains
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  Speaker 2: at large and is believed to be near the suburb
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  Speaker 2: of Manor. According to Mayor Kirk Watson, the wave of
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  Speaker 2: violence appeared completely indiscriminate, targeting unsuspecting citizens and even emergency responders.
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  Speaker 2: Two of the targeted locations were Austin Fire Department stations.
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  Speaker 3: We are reporting multiple shootings throughout the area. Two of
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  Speaker 3: those have been at our fire station at two Austin
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  Speaker 3: Fire Department stations. These are recurring primarily in South Austin,
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  Speaker 3: and we don't have any specific motive that has been identified.
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  Speaker 3: In fact, these actions appear to be random.
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  Speaker 2: The violence began around nine pm Saturday on the sixty
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  Speaker 2: seven hundred block of Wentworth Drive in East Austin, when
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  Speaker 2: a suspect opened fire directly toward fire Station twenty six.
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  Speaker 2: The next morning, around eight am, near the intersection of
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  Speaker 2: Jane's Ranch Road and Ballydn Drive in Southeast Austin, a
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  Speaker 2: male victim was shot once. He was rushed to the hospital,
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  Speaker 2: where he remains in serious but stable condition. Less than
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  Speaker 2: three hours later, the shooters struck again, firing rounds toward
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  Speaker 2: fire Station thirty two and the twenty eight hundred block
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  Speaker 2: of Montabello Road. Austin FD confirmed that no firefighters were injured.
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  Speaker 2: David Gerard, the president of the Austin Firefighters Association, released
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  Speaker 2: a statement emphasizing that the attacks have not hindered their
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  Speaker 2: emergency operations, stating that crews remain in full force, responding
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  Speaker 2: to every call without hesitation. We've learned the seventeen year
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  Speaker 2: old suspect already had an active warrant for gun theft,
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  Speaker 2: while the fifteen year old is accused of stealing a
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  Speaker 2: firearm on Saturday. The teenagers are also accused of stealing
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  Speaker 2: four separate vehicles during the violent spree. Following the arrests,
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  Speaker 2: a shelter in place order for South Austin was lifted
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  Speaker 2: though the Manor Police Department. In the Travis County Sheriff's
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  Speaker 2: Office urge residents in their jurisdictions to remain indoors during
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  Speaker 2: the manhunt for the third suspect. Chief Lisa Davis strictly
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  Speaker 2: warned residents to lock their vehicles as auto theft acted
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  Speaker 2: as the catalyst for this entire shooting streak.
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  Speaker 4: At this point, we know the suspect's vehicles used in
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  Speaker 4: this incident have included a black or dark blue Hondai,
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  Speaker 4: a gold Hondai Sedan, a silver Masta four door, and
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  Speaker 4: a white Kia Optima, which ABD is currently looking for.
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  Speaker 2: Anyone with information is urged to contact Austin p D
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  Speaker 2: at five one two nine seven four fifty one seventy
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  Speaker 2: seven or submit anonymous tips to crime stoppers up five
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  Speaker 2: to one, two four seven two eighty four seventy seven.
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  Speaker 2: A reward of up to one thousand dollars is available
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  Speaker 2: for tips leading to an arrest. More Crime and Justice news.
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  Speaker 2: After this growing outrage and fear are enveloping the University
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  Speaker 2: of California Santa Barbara campus, where an alleged rapist is
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  Speaker 2: still on the loose. The parents of a UCSB student
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  Speaker 2: who was brutally raped and strangled near campus are demanding
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  Speaker 2: that outside law enforcement take over the investigation, expressing severe
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  Speaker 2: lack of confidence in the campus police department. In a statement,
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  Speaker 2: the victim's family said, our singular focus remains seeing this
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  Speaker 2: monster behind bars. The family has retained attorney Tyrone Maho
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  Speaker 2: and private investigator Michael Clayter, fearing that the UCSB police
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  Speaker 2: department lacks the sophisticated resources required to solve the case.
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  Speaker 2: The attacker remains unidentified. The family is formally pressing for
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  Speaker 2: the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department to intervene. Their profound
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  Speaker 2: skepticism is deeply rooted in another unresolved tragedy from last year,
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  Speaker 2: the death of eight teen year old UCSB freshman Elizabeth Hamill,
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  Speaker 2: who died after a fall from a third floor breezeway
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  Speaker 2: at San Rafael Residence Hall on February fourteenth, twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: An individual who allegedly witnessed Hamill's fall failed to call
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  Speaker 2: nine one one in that case remains unresolved. Majo, who
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  Speaker 2: represents both families, spoke out about the urgent need for
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  Speaker 2: a larger agency to step in.
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  Speaker 5: We're pleading with the Chancellor please request the Santa Barba
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  Speaker 5: Sheriff's Department to help with this investigation, to help apprehend
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  Speaker 5: this person immediately. The community is not safe. I do
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  Speaker 5: believe they truly want to find this person, and they
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  Speaker 5: are doing everything they can. We're just asking that they
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  Speaker 5: get assistants. They get assistance from a department that's bigger,
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  Speaker 5: more capable, has the resources to do so, and has
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  Speaker 5: the experience to do so.
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  Speaker 2: According to campus alerts, the horrific assault occurred around ten
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  Speaker 2: pm on May tenth. The victim and the suspect met
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  Speaker 2: earlier that evening at a party in Ala Vista and
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  Speaker 2: did not know each other prior to the attack. Private
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  Speaker 2: investigator Michael Klayter, a former Santa Barbara police detective, has
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  Speaker 2: warned that the public is an active danger until this
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  Speaker 2: predator is caught, making a direct plea for any witnesses
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  Speaker 2: to come forward.
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  Speaker 1: Remember it might be enough just to say I saw this,
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  Speaker 1: and then they can then put the pieces together themselves.
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  Speaker 1: They're not going to need to use you to testify
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  Speaker 1: or anything like that. Just give them the direction that
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  Speaker 1: you think is important and let them do the rest.
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  Speaker 2: Maho also sharply criticized uc Santa Barbara Chancellor Dennis Asanis,
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  Speaker 2: citing past controversy over his handling of sexual misconduct cases
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  Speaker 2: during his time at the University of Delaware, adding that
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  Speaker 2: Asauanus has completely refused to speak with the family's legal team.
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  Speaker 2: In response, the UCSB Police Department said that federal privacy
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  Speaker 2: laws prevent them from sharing specific case details, but defended
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  Speaker 2: their agency as a fully accredited, capable law enforcement body
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  Speaker 2: that is actively investigating all tips. Anyone with information can
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  Speaker 2: contact the UCSB Police Department anonymously at eight oh five
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  Speaker 2: eight ninety three, seven two seven four for the latest
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  Speaker 2: crime and justice breaking news. Be sure to tune in
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  Speaker 2: tomorrow on your favorite podcast app with this crime alert.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Silvanni.