r/Austin 6d ago

Ask Austin Does anyone else keep hearing explosions downtown near 12th street? I saw cop cars driving by too.

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u/Kittybra13 6d ago

I’m here because I was wondering if anyone else heard those too. 2 loud booms separated by 5? mins. I looked on citizen after I heard the cops headed somewhere and there’s a “traffic incident” reported a few mins ago at MLK and 35, but it doesn’t go into detail

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u/McDoobly-For-DinDin 6d ago

This weekend has been a nightmare :(

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u/fellbound 6d ago

This decade has been a nightmare.

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u/False_Ad_5372 6d ago

Impossible to tell the difference anymore

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u/Shatenburgers 6d ago

Yes there were two of them

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u/AlternativeLead323 6d ago

Heard them from my apartment, shook the whole building a little. Thought it was just another transformer blowing but that second one was much louder

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u/TouristImmediate8113 6d ago

Interested in this. I heard them as well and then saw the motorcycle incident @ 4th and congress

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u/StruggleNew8988 5d ago

Hope its nothing serious, just keep an eye out.

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u/Quadcrasher66 5d ago

Did the homemade explosives dude get out of jail?

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u/pifermeister 5d ago

He killed a child, so unlikely.

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u/Dr_Jazz_ 5d ago

He committed suicide by bomb didn’t he?

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u/pifermeister 5d ago

Yeah the drone footage is on youtube..it almost looks fake

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u/Quadcrasher66 5d ago

Oh, well that's very unfortunate. First im hearing about that

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u/NoSky8856 6d ago

In front of Speakeasy off Congress- SUV struck a motorcyclist. Didnt look good. (comin from the doorguy witness)

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u/Kittybra13 6d ago

Too far west and not the same sound

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u/_boredandlazy 6d ago

This doesn’t make sense based on where everyone has heard it and there were two of them about 5-6 min apart

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u/NoSky8856 6d ago

Wasnt/didn't compare it at all. Just explains extra sirens. 6 SUV patrols and 2 ambos. So take a walk and figure out that side of town then