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4 hours ago, Gale Snoats said:

Buddy of mine lives in the neighborhood said they got the all clear so he rode bikes with his kid to Barton Hills Elementary and later found out they rode right past the suspect dude was just casually walking down Barton Hills Dr. so the all clear was a fuck up. Also said the perp broke into a house on one of the side streets and the homeowner shot the dude.   

Yep, homeowner shot him.  Found out this afternoon the homeowner is a good friend of ours.

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3 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Off topic,  it does anybody remember the Shoal Creek Groper back in the 90’s?
for several years women jogging on shoal creek were getting groped on the trail and the dude ended up raping a couple of women.
 

IIRC they never caught anybody. 

I remember that the police sketch they kept showing on TV looked like every generic white guy ever. Not particularly helpful.
 

Plenty of parking at Zilker right now.

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8 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Anyone who thinks Austin is more unsafe than other Texas big cities lives in a dipshit burb where only people who are afraid of everything live.

Dude's probably posting from the safety of Liberty Hill.

Cherry picking stories about crime is so stupid.  Just like what I did with River Oaks.  And yet he did it AGAIN!? I can keep doing that, too.

"Manhunt continues for murder suspect in Central Lubbock shooting" - September 5th

"Man arrested in connection with deadly Lubbock stabbing" - July 9th

"East Lubbock murder suspect Jeremiah Lawrence, now in custody" - June 13th

"Man found dead in car in Central Lubbock, woman pleads guilty to murder" - August 15th

Oh oh, look... Machete stories...!?

"Lubbock man accused of brandishing machete, threatening to kill woman" - January 3rd 

"Lubbock machete robbery over $20 and marijuana leads to arrest" - August 25th

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2 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Fucking hero. Was he prepared because of all of the public notices?

He actually said that's exactly what saved him and his family.  They received the alerts and he grabbed his gun on the off chance.

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Shooter from yesterday. Of course he has a recent Felony gun charge dismissed. 
 

https://x.com/AustinJustice/status/1966188076990083215

 

https://x.com/AustinJustice/status/1966202298926817721

 

UPDATE on the man who opened fire at Zilker on Wednesday:

The criminal, 30-year-old Brandon Thompson, was shooting at his girlfriend. She was shot in the back of the head.

Thompson ran into Barton Hills and bursts into a random home, where the homeowner shot him. Thompson was then arrested.

Thompson is originally from Mechanicsburg, Ohio and has been living in Austin for years, perhaps working as a chef. He lived in a four-bedroom house near McKinney State Park.
 

I'm told by sources he was a constant menace to police and at one point evaded them with a stolen motorcycle.

He was arrested 7 times before. All 10 previous charges were dismissed or declined by prosecutors, except for two breezy plea deals.

At last reporting, his girlfriend was in critical condition and not expected to survive.

 

Step one in gun control should be actually prosecuting gun crimes. 

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Was leaving Lubbock after a funeral a few years ago. I thought the security check point was closed. No, I was the only person going through.

In Lubbock International Airport’s defense, it was mid morning on a Sunday.

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Imagine a hell where every day for eternity you flew back and forth between Lubbock Preston Smith "International" Airport and Rick Husband Amarillo "International" Airport, stopping only briefly at each airport to dine at one of the airport restaurants before re-boarding your return flight.

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35 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

Was leaving Lubbock after a funeral a few years ago. I thought the security check point was closed. No, I was the only person going through.

In Lubbock International Airport’s defense, it was mid morning on a Sunday.

One time 25+ years ago, I had to fly to Lubbock to attend a meeting.  I walk out of the airport expecting to just catch a cab.  Nope.  No cabs.  I call a cab.  Maybe THE cab.  Took 30 minutes to get to the airport.  I was about a minute away of walking over to one of the cotton farms across the highway and offering a farmer $40 for a ride into town.

Then years later, won a huge case in a one-day mini-trial.  Lots of celebration.  Drop the rental car off, walk to the terminal 100 yards.  Had to hold my briefcase up to my head to shield my eyes from being sandblasted by the blowing dust/sand in the 50 mph win.

Get inside, head to the bar, because victory drinks.  Walk in the entry....overwhelming smell of puke and stale beer.  Spin around and walk out.  Guys, it smelled too bad for me to sit down and drink.

It's a wretched hellhole.

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

One time 25+ years ago, I had to fly to Lubbock to attend a meeting.  I walk out of the airport expecting to just catch a cab.  Nope.  No cabs.  I call a cab.  Maybe THE cab.  Took 30 minutes to get to the airport.  I was about a minute away of walking over to one of the cotton farms across the highway and offering a farmer $40 for a ride into town.

Then years later, won a huge case in a one-day mini-trial.  Lots of celebration.  Drop the rental car off, walk to the terminal 100 yards.  Had to hold my briefcase up to my head to shield my eyes from being sandblasted by the blowing dust/sand in the 50 mph win.

Get inside, head to the bar, because victory drinks.  Walk in the entry....overwhelming smell of puke and stale beer.  Spin around and walk out.  Guys, it smelled too bad for me to sit down and drink.

It's a wretched hellhole.

Was that back when you could still smoke in the bar? I was amused that the bar was like a smoke-filled fishbowl from the outside. And yes, it was (prob still is) disgusting.

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