Teen Permanently Disfigured in Brutal Machete Attack on Popular Austin Walking Trail—Police Department ‘Gutted’ by +500 Officer Shortage
Austin, Texas – A teenager was brutally attacked with a machete while walking in a popular trail in Austin, leaving him permanently disfigured. The 19-year-old victim, Gregory Seth Gott, was randomly targeted by an armed man in Town Lake Park, just south of Lady Bird Lake. The attack took place as innocent bystanders were jogging and walking along the trail, shocked and horrified by the unprovoked assault. Gott described the terrifying experience as the attacker …