Austin Escorts: APD investigates deadly weekend shootings
by JADE MINGUS / KVUE News
kvue.com
Posted on July 12, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Austin police are investigating the weekend shooting deaths of two men as businesses in the North Austin neighborhood worry about safety.
Business owners in Lanier Village want more police presence at the shopping center located in the 8600 block of North Lamar Boulevard where two Hispanic men were fatally shot early Sunday morning.
One died in the parking lot. Another man died three hours later in the hospital.
Austin Police Department homicide detectives are investigating the crime, but will not say how it happened.
A white SUV crashed into the building leaving behind damage thatis still visible.
Austin police officers have proactively increased patrols to the area and conducted drug and prostitution stings to lower the crime rate.
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