AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- Authorities are investigating after a woman was found shot to death near a motel in northeast Austin early Saturday morning.
Police say the incident happened just before 3 a.m. at the Walnut Forest Motel in the 11500 block of North Interstate 35, just north of Braker Lane on the southbound frontage road.
According to police, the female victim was pronounced deceased on the scene around 3:30 a.m. There's no information on a suspect at this time.
Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon said it's not clear if there is any connection between this incident and an earlier incident that led to an officer-involved shooting near Interstate 35 and St. John's Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning. That incident began with a 911 call reporting that a man had shot a woman, with that woman able to flee the scene in a vehicle.
Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call Crime Stoppers at (512) 472-8477.