AUSTIN, Texas — Police are investigating a homicide in North Austin late Monday night.
The Austin Police Department (APD) said the incident happened at the Bridge at Granada apartments on East Wonsley Drive, just off of Interstate 35, shortly before 11 p.m.
Police have not provided many details, but APD said officers arrived at the scene and found a man injured. He died before he made it to a hospital.
No arrests have been made. Police are investigating this as the 65th murder in Austin this year and the tenth in November alone.
Is Austin seeing a spike in homicides?
Austin's homicide rate compared to population growth shows the rate is up, but the numbers need context.
For most of the 2010s, Austin saw between two and four homicides per 100,000 residents each year.
That number spiked in 2021 to about nine homicides per 100,000 people. Austin recorded 88 homicides that year following a nationwide trend that saw spikes in crime during the pandemic.
However, in the years since, the numbers have fallen to a little over seven homicides per 100,000 people. More than 60 homicides have been recorded so far this year, which is about six homicides per 100,000 people.