Explosion injures 2 in Texas capital hours after appeal in earlier blasts
AUSTIN, Texas — Police responded Sunday night to an explosion that injured two people in a neighborhood in southwest Austin just hours after an unusual direct appeal to whoever was responsible for several deadly package explosions this month that have kept the capital of Texas on edge.
A short time after authorities said they received reports of an explosion, two men in their 20s were taken to a hospital with serious injuries, the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Service said.
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said officers were asking residents in a half-mile radius around the site of the explosion to stay indoors until officers could check the area for other bombs.