AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- Police say a man's death in northeast Austin Tuesday morning was an act of self defense.
The incident happened in the 7600 block of Bethune Avenue, just southeast of U.S. Highway 183 and Interstate 35.
Police said a 911 call came from a woman in the home around 5:31 a.m.; she told dispatchers that a man was trying to break into her house.
The man was banging on a door, then tried to break into a window, the woman said. Eventually, the man made it into the home, at which point shots were fired.
Police were on scene at 5:37 a.m., with EMS arriving shortly afterwards. The man was pronounced deceased on the scene at 5:48 a.m.
“When somebody unlawfully and with force tries to enter an occupied residence, the self-defense law is very clear in the Texas penal code,” APD Cpl. Destiny Silva said during a briefing. "But of course there is a court process, the investigation still needs to be conducted fully, it’s early on in the investigation, and of course our department respects all of those processes that need to take place."
Anyone with information on the case is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 512-472-8477.
It's the city's 23rd homicide investigation of the year.
