Case:            22-0450087                
 
Date:            Monday, February 14, 2022
 
Time:            1:42 a.m.
 
Location:      7300 block of Tumbleweed Dr.    
 
Deceased:     Aaron Eugene McKinley Sr., Black male, born 05/23/1966
 
Arrested:      Joshua Dominic McKinley, Black male, 33-years-old (pictured below)

 
On Monday, February 14, 2022, at approximately 1:42 a.m., 9-1-1 received a call of a stabbing that had just occurred in the 7300 block of Tumbleweed Dr. Austin Police Department (APD) officers and Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the scene and located a man inside the residence with obvious trauma to his body. Despite life saving measures, Aaron McKinley Sr. succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at 2:00 a.m. by Dr. Escott.
 
Homicide detectives and crime scene specialists responded to process the scene. According to witness interviews, the victim’s son, Joshua McKinley, was responsible for the stabbing death of his father. Joshua McKinley fled the scene immediately after the incident. A murder warrant was obtained for Joshua McKinley, and the Lonestar Fugitive Task Force took him into custody in the 100 block of Dove Song in Leander, Texas. McKinley was booked into the Travis County Jail on a $500,000 bond. 
 
Detectives are asking anyone with information or video of the incident to call APD Homicide at 512-974-TIPS, email homicide.apd@austintexas.gov, utilize the Crime Stoppers tip line at 512-472-8477 (TIPS), or the Crime Stoppers app. You may remain anonymous. Information leading to an arrest may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. You can also submit tips by downloading APD’s mobile app, Austin PD, free on iPhone and Android.
 
This is Austin’s 12^th homicide of 2022.