Jump to content

Hostage Situation - 1900 Block of West 35th Street (Jackson Ave.) Near Mopac


Recommended Posts

Posted (edited)

"Initial reports indicate the suspect may have entered a nearby medical office and taken an unknown number of people hostage."

It's a building with a large children's medical office.

We saw a bunch of cops headed that way, but didn't realize it was this serious.

 

Edited by atomheartbevo
  • atomheartbevo changed the title to Hostage Situation - 1900 Block of West 35th Street (Jackson Ave.) Near Mopac
Posted (edited)

Detectives asked the assailants, "Which weighs more...all the light-rail trains that pass through downtown Austin or all the beef used to make the ribs at Franklin?"  

Kind of an "Inside Job" vibe, you ask me.  

Edited by Lobo
Posted
I've never seen/heard of Citizen App before, but apparently it's an attempt to crowdsource shit in a more logical manner - rather than reading a bunch of tweets, etc. that can jump around in time and location, it tries to organize it in a timeline of sorts.
https://citizen.com/-MS-owNfcmrY6fhQSgRU?q=austin
 

I got it back when 35 was being blocked off by BLM protests. You should delete it. Knowing the actual crime in the area is pure paranoia.
  • Hook 'Em 1
Posted
I've never seen/heard of Citizen App before, but apparently it's an attempt to crowdsource shit in a more logical manner - rather than reading a bunch of tweets, etc. that can jump around in time and location, it tries to organize it in a timeline of sorts.
https://citizen.com/-MS-owNfcmrY6fhQSgRU?q=austin
 

I’ve liked it for shit very close to home. Often these things don’t show up in news because they don’t affect enough people.
Posted (edited)

8:30 p.m. update: As a hostage situation that started more than three hours ago at a doctor's office in Central Austin continued Tuesday evening, SWAT negotiators could be heard calling out on a bullhorn to the hostage taker urging him to answer calls or text messages on his phone.

“Your life is very important to me,” a member of the SWAT team said over the loudspeaker. “And I know life is very important to you.”

The SWAT team's attempts to communicate with the people inside, which could be heard in the surrounding areas, also suggested that an Austin doctor is one of the hostages and that another doctor may be the hostage taker. 

“You don’t deserve to go through this... for all you have done for others... that is why I want to help you work through this. You have saved a lot of lives,” a hostage negotiator could be heard over the loudspeaker. 

Police have not said how many people are being held or confirmed other details of the incident. 

 

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/01/26/austin-police-responding-hostage-situation-north-austin/4269245001/

Edited by LonghornSean
Posted
It stopped updating,

I must have a lot of neighbors who contribute because I still see stuff almost daily. I live near two highways so there’s always an accident or situation to avoid in traffic. Helps me decide which way to go home since I never trust that bitch in the phone.
Posted
How the fuck have they not sent anybody in?  They  have to have eyes on him, or are hearing him or something.  2 fucking hours.

Someone mentioned earlier they have people in the adjoining building. I’m wondering if they have a mic or something picking up noise/voices. Maybe I watch too much tv.
Posted

I was heading south on Mopac around 5:45 and saw the Southbound 35th street exit blocked off and then the SWAT truck  heading north a minute or two later.

What a shitty/unfortunate situation.   Really hope the negotiator(s) reach the desired outcome here. 

Posted

Of course there’s a damn freight train rolling right through there blaring its horn probably fucking up the comms and making everybody inside more on edge. 

Posted
Just now, DalTxHornFan said:

That wasn't the name removed from the Reddit thread.  Who knows?

Just based on the report that the negotiator was referring to the perp as Dr.  Her husband is a plastic surgeon. 

Posted
Piecing it together, looks like it could be holzman?
Don't think it's holzman, they're referring to the hostage taker as a he. I really hope she's ok.
Posted
Just based on the report that the negotiator was referring to the perp as Dr.  Her husband is a plastic surgeon. 
But they're also saying to the hostage taker they want his legacy to be one of helping children- i.e. a pediatrician?
  • Hook 'Em 2

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.



×
×
  • Create New...