Cedar Park police investigating suspicious circumstances surrounding missing person
Cedar Park police are looking into suspicious circumstances surrounding a missing person, according to a tweet from the department.
CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — Cedar Park police are looking into suspicious circumstances surrounding a missing person, according to a tweet from the department Friday morning.
Police say investigators are in the 2500 block of Cypress Lane near Pearl Lane and U.S. Highway 183. They did not share details of the missing person’s identity and why the circumstances appear to be suspicious.
Neighbors in the area say, they first heard loud noise which they believe may have been gunshots around 8 p.m. last night.
Over a dozen law enforcement vehicles showed up shortly after neighbors heard that loud noise. The entities included the Cedar Park Mobile Command Unit, the Texas Game Warden and the Texas Rangers who are now in charge of this investigation.
Neighbors also say a mom and dad of two kids live inside that home off of Cypress Lane. Police this is related to a missing persons case, and that they have been in contact with the family.
KXAN Investigators have discovered the home investigators have been going in and out of, is the same address where someone applied for a protective order in 2017.
Neighbors say the family who lives inside the home now, have lived there for a while. Neighbor are also concerned with not hearing any information for hours.
“I think that those of us that live close deserve some sort of answers,” said Monica Tackett. “I swing on my swing outside. Yeah, it has been unnerving. I was afraid to go in the backyard today.”
A tow truck towed away two vehicles early Friday afternoon. One had a Company logo for Byrd’s Roofing. Cedar Park Police say they expect to be here well into the evening -and possible early morning.
This is a developing story, KXAN will update it as more information becomes available.