Claim: Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it "is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year."
Fact-check: Examining claim about Austin homicides, crimes
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Madlin Mekelburg
Date published: 2020-08-31T00:00:00