Hate Crimes

The police department's hate crime review committee said the case meets the definition of a hate crime. The Travis County District Attorney's Office will review the evidence and decide how to move forward.

A 23-year-old man was stabbed in the chest Sunday after attending a rally in support of Palestinians. He is recovering in the hospital.

Franklin Sechriest admitted he attempted to burn down the Austin synagogue in 2021.

Bradley Stanford allegedly yelled a homophobic slur at Akira Ross before fatally shooting her at a gas station June 2.

Franklin Sechriest faces up to 20 years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced in June.

Authorities say the 31 suspects are part of an extremist group founded in Texas after the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.. Eight of those arrested Saturday are from North Texas, officials said.

Though nearly 2,000 miles and three years apart, the circumstances of the racist mass shootings in Buffalo and El Paso are strikingly similar.

The arrest was connected to a shooting that wounded three women in a hair salon in the city's Koreatown. The suspect's girlfriend said he had delusions that Asian Americans were trying to harm him.

The Texas-based conspiracy theorist recently sought immunity from federal prosecutors investigating the U.S. Capitol riot. Three of his companies have filed for bankruptcy in an apparent effort to delay his Sandy Hook defamation trial.

Austin saw more documented incidents than any other Texas city last year. The majority of incidents were nonviolent.