Canceled Amber Alert for 3 children linked to double homicide in Austin
AUSTIN — The Amber Alert issued Monday for three children missing out of Austin is tied to a double homicide, Austin police said.
The three children, all under 10 years of age, were found Monday evening after being reported missing earlier that day. They were last seen at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The alert was triggered when officers responded to a double homicide in the 1800 block of Burton Drive, where a man and woman were discovered dead in a vehicle with apparent gunshot wounds.
The woman had three children, who were unaccounted for, and the Amber Alert was issued.
Austin police did not find a weapon at the scene on Burton Drive, but identified the suspect in the Amber Alert and the double homicide as 31-year-old Sherles Gregorio Machado-Hernandez. He is on the run and considered armed and dangerous, Austin PD said.
Machado-Hernandez's relationship to the homicide victims and the three children is unknown.
