ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE: An Outrageous Violent Crime to immediately Report to Austin Police---a Crime that Doesn't Get Alleged Often Enough Here in N. Austin.

https://brettpodolsky.com/murder/consequences-for-attempted-murder-texas 

I was not able to obtain any recent statistics for the total number of Attempted Homicide cases that have been reported in 2019 in our 78753 zip code area. Finding statistics on this specific category of crime in Austin is challenging---partly because of the news media emphasis instead on statistics for actual Homicides in which a victim is reportedly murdered. 

Attempted Homicide is among the most heinous of violent crimes. And the connection between attempted homicide and homicide is alarmingly clear. A significant percentage of the persons in Texas who are charged with having committed homicide had previously been charged on at least one prior occasion with having committed the also-outrageous crime of attempted homicide.

If you believe or suspect that someone is attempting to commit a violent crime victimizing yourself, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE CITED SUSPECT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE SOMEONE YOU COULD JUSTIFIABLY ALLEGE TO HAVE COMMITTED ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE. 

This informative blog from Houston-based criminal-law defense attorney Brett A. Podolsky explains the difference between an attempted homicide and an aggravated assault or assault.

This copyrighted blog by Mr. Podolsky cites specific types of conduct that might help identify a possible crime suspect as having possibly committed attempted homicide:

"1. Tracking, ambushing, or stalking a victim: The offender allegedly hides out to wait for the victim, tracks him or her down, or follows him or her with hopes to find an opportunity to perform the murder. 

"2. Luring the victim: The offender allegedly attempts to convince the targeted victim to arrive at a certain place or to take actions to enable the commitment of murder. 

"3. Breaking into the victim’s home, etc.: The offender unlawfully decides to sneak into the house, property, or another location where the victim is (or thought to be). 

"4. Constructing a lethal weapon: This may include buying necessary materials to make a bomb to kill the intended victim, or to begin the process of assembling them.

"5. Soliciting another party: Convincing or paying another person to kill the victim, or asking an innocent person to carry out one of the steps to commit the crime, e.g. unknowingly carrying the bomb to the place where the victim is or will be, may be considered an action." 

"...The prosecutor must prove that the defendant intended to commit murder. In addition, he or she must prove that the defendant...specifically intended to kill the identified victim...."