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Austin police are on the scene of a bank robbery in far Northwest Austin.

Someone robbed the Wells Fargo at Hwy 183 and Lake Creek Parkway, just south of SH 45/FM 620.

We will update this developing story.

Citizens in the Rundberg area of North Austin are reporting more crimes since Austin police installed four surveillance cameras.  But police are not surprised and even encouraged by the statistics.

The reports showed after the cameras were installed in August 2011, there were 514 reports of crime.

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Austin Police are investigating a suspicious death in Central Austin.

According to APD spokesperson Veneza Aguinaga, police were alerted to a possible deceased person by a passerby at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Sunday.

Officers responded to the scene and discovered the body of a black male.

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A single vehicle accident killed one person in Central Austin early Sunday morning.

Austin Police dispatchers say the rollover accident occurred at about 2:45 a.m. in the 5500 block of Shoal Creek Blvd.

Officers responded to the scene and discovered a truck that had rolled over.

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An officer involved shooting resulted in a SWAT standoff Friday night in West Austin.

Police responded to a shots fired call at the Oak Hollow Apartments, located at 7201 Wood Hollow Drive around 11 p.m.
An APD spokesperson says shots were fired by a suspect and an officer at the complex.

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Austin Police began the removal of Occupy Austin demonstrators from City Hall Plaza Friday night.

According to City of Austin spokesman Reyne Telles, the city made a revision to the Building Use Policy on February 2 which applies park rules to the plaza.

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Austin Police are on scene at a deadly shooting in Avery Ranch in Northwest Austin.

The shooting happened in the 11300 block of Staked Plains Drive.

More information will become available with a police briefing scheduled at 6:30 a.m.

Leonardo Quintana, the former Austin police officer who shot and killed Nathaniel Sanders in 2009, was acquitted by a Williamson County jury Wednesday on two charges related to a domestic violence incident with an ex-girlfriend.

The two charges were criminal trespassing and assault/family violence.

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Austin Police are searching for suspects involved in a stabbing on North Lamar.

Officials tell KEYE just before 5 a.m.

Tuesday morning an unidentified 911 caller reported a man bleeding on the ground at a car wash near the intersection of Lamar and Thurmond St.

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A woman was hit by a bus in Northwest Austin Monday night.

According to Austin police it happened at around 6:30 p.m. in the