Austin Crime Report for April 5, 2026. Coverage includes: Two homicides in 12 hours push Austin's 2026 count to 18 — a fatal shooting at a Penske truck rental in northeast Austin over a deposit dispute, and an unsolved shooting near Brazoria Lane in northwest Austin. Also: a Texas doctor faces federal charges for allegedly distributing over 5 million opioid pills through a Houston pill mill, and two men receive lengthy federal sentences for a deadly human smuggling operation in the Western District of Texas. Plus, Texas DPS announces a statewide distracted driving enforcement campaign starting April 6.

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