AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- Austin Police are investigating two deadly shootings across the city Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
The first shooting happened just after 8:15 p.m. Wednesday near Givens Park in east Austin. Police say 911 callers reported hearing shots fired; when officers arrived, they found a male victim in a car with multiple gunshot wounds. The man was transported to a nearby hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries; he was later pronounced deceased.
Police were called to a second scene off of East Meadow Bend Drive just before 3 a.m. Thursday. Officers found two males with multiple gunshot wounds; one was pronounced deceased on the scene, while the other was transported to Dell Seton and is undergoing surgery.
The two shootings would push Austin's homicide total for 2021 to 41.
