1 stabbed to death at Austin fast food restaurant

The suspect jumped off the restaurant roof and was taken into custody.

January 3, 2020, 12:25 PM

One person is dead and another is hurt from a stabbing at an Austin, Texas, fast food restaurant Friday morning, police said.

The suspect was first involved in an altercation at a local coffee shop around 8 a.m. local time, Austin Police Sgt. David Daniels told reporters.

Customers intervened and detained the suspect, Daniels said, but when responders arrived, the suspect broke away and took off running toward a Freebirds World Burrito restaurant.

Two people at Freebirds were stabbed with a knife, including one fatally, Daniels said.

Paramedics perform CPR on a stabbing victim in Austin on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.
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The suspect then left Freebirds, got on to the roof of restaurant and jumped off, Daniels said.

The suspect, a 27-year-old man, is now in custody, police said.

First responders gather in a parking lot in downtown Austin, Texas, after reports that multiple people had been stabbed on Jan. 3, 2020.
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First responders gather in a parking lot in downtown Austin, Texas, after reports that multiple people had been stabbed on Jan. 3, 2020.
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The suspect was injured from the jump but his condition was not immediately clear, said Daniels.

This is the city's first homicide of the year, Daniels said.

"It's just a tragic situation," he added.