Correct. Only the one machete attack at town lake i could find, my bad. At least they caught the serial rapist who was targeting females running on the trail.
Austin’s machete mayhem — a few of many cases:
Mar 25, 2022 – West Campus students witness a machete scare near 28th & Rio Grande as APD floods the scene.
Apr 18, 2022 – A man walking his dog near a homeless camp at Elmont & Pleasant Valley is slashed in the armin a sudden attack. Early 2022 – Reports swirl of multiple machete assaults at the same Southeast Austin corner.
Aug 21, 2023 – Outside the Austin Proper Hotel, a security guard is nearly bled out after an attacker grabs a machete from a suitcase and strikes, causing nerve damage.
Jan 9, 2024 – A random ambush on the Lady Bird Lake trail leaves 19-year-old Seth Gott with severe head wounds and a mangled hand.
Jun 28, 2025 – A bus stop clash in northeast Austin ends with a man’s hand slashed and a suspect arrested.
Sep 9, 2025 – Downtown bus chaos: 63-year-old Ronald Lee Turner allegedly raises a machete at CapMetro passengers near Fourth & Lavaca before being arrested with the weapon in his bag.
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/travis-county-prosecutors-rejecting-criminal-cases/269-e8e9b982-19ff-400e-a61a-769828ca3342
A new policy means Travis County prosecutors are rejecting hundreds of criminal cases
The KVUE Defenders analyzed hundreds of cases thrown out between March 1 and June 30 of this year. Some of the more serious rejected felony charges include aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, assault of a pregnant woman, aggravated robbery and more.
During the four months analyzed, the Travis County District Attorney’s Office rejected 142 felony cases – a 735% increase from the same timeframe in 2020.